What is CVE-2024-5965?

CVE-2024-5965 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wildweblab Mosaic, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-06-22.

How severe is CVE-2024-5965?

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

XSS in Wildweblab Mosaic

CVE-2024-5965

The Mosaic theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘link’ parameter within the theme's Button shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.1 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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (17.5th 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

Wildweblab Mosaic — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-5965?: CVE-2024-5965 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wildweblab Mosaic, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-06-22.
How severe is CVE-2024-5965?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.