Description

The NewsMash theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via a malicious display name in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.71 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-2024-10849

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 6.4

Affected Products

Vendor: desertthemes

Product: NewsMash

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/3bb30dac-e0f3-43dd-a20d-9af6c7af3cb4?source=cve
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=250662%40newsmash&new=250662%40newsmash&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

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