AutomatorWP <= 5.0.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via a-0-o-search_field_value

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2024-12626
CVSS Critical (9.6)
Publicly Published December 18, 2024
Last Updated December 19, 2024
Researcher Vincent Fourcade (vinceMatsui)
Description

The AutomatorWP – Automator plugin for no-code automations, webhooks & custom integrations in WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘a-0-o-search_field_value’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. When used in conjunction with the plugin's import and code action feature, this vulnerability can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug automatorwp (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.0.9
Patched Version
  • 5.1.0
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