Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 11, 2024· Updated Apr 8, 2026
Advanced WordPress Backgrounds <= 1.12.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via imageTag Parameter
CVE-2024-8045
Description
The Advanced WordPress Backgrounds plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘imageTag’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.12.3 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.
Affected products
2- Range: <=1.12.3
- nko/Advanced WordPress Backgroundsv5Range: 0
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
6- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-backgrounds/trunk/assets/admin/gutenberg/block.jsonmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-backgrounds/trunk/assets/admin/gutenberg/index.min.jsmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-backgrounds/trunk/classes/class-gutenberg.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3147938/mitre
- wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-backgrounds/mitre
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/78e49869-5e7e-45f2-8239-4df18b28db53mitre
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