Vulnerability CVE-2024-8189
Published: 2024-09-28

Description:
The WP MultiTasking ?? WP Utilities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ??wpmt_menu_name?? parameter in all versions up to, and including, 0.1.17 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Type:

CWE-79

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

 References:
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0c976e5a-2f6c-4632-99a7-a512b3dd38e6?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-multitasking/trunk/wp-multitasking.php#L29
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-multitasking/trunk/wp-multitasking.php#L71
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3158305/
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