How severe is CVE-2024-5223?

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

XSS in Wpxpo Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks For News, Magazines, Blog Websites – Postx

CVE-2024-5223

The Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks and WordPress Blog Plugin – PostX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's file uploading feature in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level 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: 0.003 (25.1th 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

Wpxpo Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks For News, Magazines, Blog Websites – Postx — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-5223?: CVE-2024-5223 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpxpo Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks For News, Magazines, Blog Websites – Postx, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-05-30.
How severe is CVE-2024-5223?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.