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GHSA-C8HQ-RCCH-PJ55

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-02 09:32 – Updated: 2024-10-02 09:32

Details

The Magazine Blocks – Blog Designer, Magazine & Newspaper Website Builder, Page Builder with Posts Blocks, Post Grid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.14. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2024-9218 (GCVE-0-2024-9218)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-02 08:31 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:29

Title

Magazine Blocks – Blog Designer, Magazine & Newspaper Website Builder, Page Builder with Posts Blocks, Post Grid <= 1.3.14 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Summary

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-10-02 17:12 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3161…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/magazi…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
wpblockart	Magazine Blocks – Blog Designer, Magazine & Newspaper Website Builder, Page Builder with Posts Blocks, Post Grid	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.3.14 (semver)
wpblockart	blockart_blocks	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.3.14 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:wpblockart:blockart_blocks:-:::::wordpress::

Credits

Colin Xu

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