What is CVE-2024-1684?

CVE-2024-1684 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Themeisle Otter Blocks, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-03-13.

How severe is CVE-2024-1684?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-1684 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Themeisle Otter Blocks

CVE-2024-1684

The Otter Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks, Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor & FSE plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the contact form file field CSS metabox in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (32.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-1684?: CVE-2024-1684 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Themeisle Otter Blocks, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-03-13.
How severe is CVE-2024-1684?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-1684 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.