CVE-2024-3692 — The Gutenverse WordPress plugin before 1

The Gutenverse WordPress plugin before 1.9.1 does not validate the htmlTag option in various of its block before outputting it back in a page/post where the block is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

01What is this vulnerability?

The Gutenverse WordPress plugin before 1.9.1 does not validate the htmlTag option in various of its block before outputting it back in a page/post where the block is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Gutenverse	0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-05-03T06:00:02.337Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-01T20:20:01.145Z

09References

• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6f100f85-3a76-44be-8092-06eb8595b0c9/