WordPress OpenStreetMap for Gutenberg and WPBakery Page Builder (formerly Visual Composer) Plugin <= 1.1.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
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CVSS 6.5User Interaction Required
While this vulnerability can be initiated by the role shown in "Required Privilege", successful exploitation requires a privileged user to perform an action — such as clicking a malicious link, visiting a crafted page, or submitting a form.
6.5
Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
This could allow a malicious actor to inject malicious scripts, such as redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into your website which will be executed when guests visit your site.
CVSS score is a way to evaluate and rank reported vulnerabilities in a standardized and repeatable way but which is not ideal for WordPress.
Solutions
This security issue has a low severity impact and is unlikely to be exploited.
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Timeline
7 Feb, 2024
Early warning sent out to Patchstack customers
28 Mar, 2024
Published by Patchstack
28 Mar, 2024