Description

The NewsMunch theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via a malicious display name in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.35 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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-10848

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 6.4

Affected Products

Vendor: desertthemes

Product: NewsMunch

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 16.18% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1a2b0ff4-9471-4fd0-ac1a-ed5b7b4af4ff?source=cve
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=250663%40newsmunch&new=250663%40newsmunch&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

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