CVE-2024-49300
Published: 21 January 2025
Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in NotFound Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin allows Reflected XSS. This issue affects Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin: from n/a through 1.16.5.
Security Summary
CVE-2024-49300 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the NotFound Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin. This issue affects the Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin from n/a through version 1.16.5.
The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L), indicating exploitation is possible over the network with low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction such as visiting a malicious link. Remote attackers can leverage reflected input to inject and execute arbitrary scripts in users' browsers, potentially leading to limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within a changed scope.
Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/hmenu/vulnerability/wordpress-hero-menu-plugin-1-16-5-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
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