Vulnerability CVE-2024-8288
Published: 2024-10-01

Description:
The Guten Post Layout ?? An Advanced Post Grid Collection for WordPress Gutenberg plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ??align?? attribute within the 'wp:guten-post-layout/post-grid' Gutenberg block in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Type:

CWE-79

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

 References:
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5d6d9852-424a-4d98-9926-e849bef99c2d?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/guten-post-layout/trunk/src/blocks/post-grid/post-grid.php#L300
https://wordpress.org/plugins/guten-post-layout/#developers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/guten-post-layout/trunk/src/blocks/post-grid/post-grid.php#L27
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