CVE-2024-9591 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Category and Taxonomy Image plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 1.0.0. This flaw stems from insufficient input sanitization, allowing authenticated attackers with editor-level permissions or higher to inject malicious web scripts. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.8 (Medium), indicating a network attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. While it only affects multi-site installations or those with unfiltered_html disabled, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aftabhusain:category_and_taxonomy_image:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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