#VU105942 Stored cross-site scripting in Dominion – Domain Checker for WPBakery - CVE-2024-12520
Published: March 21, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU105942
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12520
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Dominion – Domain Checker for WPBakery
Dominion – Domain Checker for WPBakery
Software vendor:
Fluent Themes
Fluent Themes
Description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "dominion_shortcodes_domain_search_6" shortcode. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
External links
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dominion-domain-checker-wpbakery-addon/trunk/modules/domain_search/domain_search_6/doamin_search_shortcodes.php#L91
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/dominion-domain-checker-wpbakery-addon
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a684f597-da72-4697-9e37-ca45a30ca64d?source=cve