#VU98555 Stored cross-site scripting in Category Icon - CVE-2024-8915
Published: October 15, 2024
Category Icon
pixelgrade
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. 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
External links
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1dc4acdc-754f-4ee0-947d-ff0c277e8181?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-icon/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/category-icon/trunk/category-icon.php#L437
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3167148/