CVE-2024-31119
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedImproper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') vulnerability in Vasilis Triantafyllou Special Box for Content allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects Special Box for Content: from n/a through 1.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceDOM-Based XSS vulnerability in Special Box for Content plugin allows attackers to inject malicious scripts through improper neutralization of user input that gets rendered in the browser DOM. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including version 1.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Special Box for Content plugin is installedCheck your site's plugin directory or WordPress admin panel for the presence of the Special Box for Content plugin. Look in wp-content/plugins/ for a folder named 'special-box-for-content' or similar.Affected if The plugin is present on the site
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Identify installed plugin versionOpen the main plugin PHP file and look for a version comment or header, or check the plugin's readme.txt for the Version field.Affected if Version is 1 or any version up to and including 1 (all known versions)
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Locate DOM output points in plugin codeSearch plugin source files for JavaScript-related functions that write to the DOM, such as innerHTML, document.write, eval, or jQuery html() calls. Also look for data being passed to these from GET/POST parameters or database values.Affected if Code paths exist where user-supplied data flows directly to DOM manipulation methods without sanitization
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Inspect plugin admin settings or frontend shortcodesReview any admin configuration pages or frontend shortcodes/blocks provided by the plugin. Check if they accept user input and render it on the page.Affected if Plugin accepts and displays user input without contextual output encoding
If the Special Box for Content plugin version 1 or below is installed and it renders user input into the DOM without proper sanitization, the environment is affected by this DOM-based XSS vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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From vendor dataFix requires identifying all locations where user input flows into the DOM without proper sanitization and implementing contextual output encoding or using safe DOM manipulation methods that automatically escape content.
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