CVE-2024-12736 (GCVE-0-2024-12736)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-09 06:00 – Updated: 2025-01-09 15:34
VLAI?
Title
BU Section Editing <= 0.9.9 - Reflected XSS
Summary
The BU Section Editing WordPress plugin through 0.9.9 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d3c6a4c1-8358-4f… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown BU Section Editing Affected: 0 , ≤ 0.9.9 (semver)
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Credits
Hassan Khan Yusufzai - Splint3r7 WPScan
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