CVE-2024-31111 - WordPress Core < 6.5.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

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MEDIUM

WordPress Core < 6.5.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Published Jun 25, 2024

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.34%

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Automattic WordPress allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WordPress: from 6.5 through 6.5.4, from 6.4 through 6.4.4, from 6.3 through 6.3.4, from 6.2 through 6.2.5, from 6.1 through 6.1.6, from 6.0 through 6.0.8, from 5.9 through 5.9.9.

Affected products

Vendor Automattic Product WordPress Default
unaffected
- Version
  5.9
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <=5.9.9
- Version
  6.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <=6.0.8
- Version
  6.1
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <=6.1.6
- Version
  6.2
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <=6.2.5
- Version
  6.3
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <=6.3.4
- Version
  6.4
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <=6.4.4
- Version
  6.5
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <=6.5.4

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Automattic

WordPress

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
5.9	affected	<=5.9.9
6.0	affected	<=6.0.8
6.1	affected	<=6.1.6
6.2	affected	<=6.2.5
6.3	affected	<=6.3.4
6.4	affected	<=6.4.4
6.5	affected	<=6.5.4

Remediation

Vendor solution

Update to safe (6.5.5, 6.4.5, 6.3.5, 6.2.6, 6.1.7, 6.0.9, 5.9.10) or higher version.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (3)

Link	Providers	Tags
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-29022		Advisory
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wordpress/wordpress-wordpress-core-core-6-5-5-cross-site-scripting-xss-via-template-part-vulnerability?_s_id=cve		vdb-entry
https://wordpress.org/news/2024/06/wordpress-6-5-5/		release-notes