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Gucherry BlogWordPress extension · Everestthemes

CVE-2024-32531

HIGH · 7.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-04-17
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 1.1.8 or later.
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78/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges

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 · unedited
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Everest themes GuCherry Blog allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects GuCherry Blog: from n/a through 1.1.8.

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 confidence

Reflected XSS vulnerability in GuCherry Blog theme (Everest themes) up to version 1.1.8 where user-supplied input is not properly sanitized before being rendered in web pages, allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts via crafted URLs.

MitigationUpdate GuCherry Blog theme to a patched version beyond 1.1.8 that implements proper input sanitization; as a temporary measure, avoid clicking untrusted links and implement WAF rules to block XSS attack patterns.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Gucherry BlogWordPress extension
Affected:<= 1.1.8

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
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Check the installed GuCherry Blog theme version
    Access your WordPress admin panel and navigate to Appearance > Themes to view the active theme version. Alternatively, inspect the style.css file in the theme directory (wp-content/themes/gucherry-blog/style.css) and look for the 'Version' header comment.
    Affected if The reported version is 1.1.8 or lower.
  2. Confirm the theme is actively handling URL parameters
    Examine the theme's PHP files (particularly functions.php, header.php, and any template files) for usage of $_GET, $_REQUEST, or similar superglobals that retrieve URL parameters without sanitization.
    Affected if The theme code processes URL parameters and outputs them directly to HTML without encoding or sanitization functions such as esc_html(), esc_attr(), or sanitize_text_field().
  3. Identify if user-supplied input is reflected in page output
    Test by appending a benign test string (such as ?test=xss) to URLs on pages using the GuCherry Blog theme and inspect the page source to see if the parameter value is reflected verbatim.
    Affected if URL parameter values appear unescaped in the rendered HTML source.

Your environment is affected if the GuCherry Blog theme version is 1.1.8 or lower and the theme processes and reflects URL parameters in web pages without proper input sanitization.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 1.1.8
Interim mitigation

Update GuCherry Blog theme to a patched version beyond 1.1.8 that implements proper input sanitization; as a temporary measure, avoid clicking untrusted links and implement WAF rules to block XSS attack patterns.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

GuCherry Blog 1.1.9 or later

  1. 1. Backup your WordPress site and database before performing any updates.
  2. 2. Navigate to Dashboard > Updates in your WordPress admin panel.
  3. 3. Check for the GuCherry Blog theme update and update to version 1.1.9 or later.
  4. 4. Alternatively, download the latest version of GuCherry Blog theme from a trusted source (official WordPress theme repository or theme developer).
  5. 5. After updating, verify the theme is functioning correctly by checking your blog pages.
  6. 6. Test that the XSS vulnerability is mitigated by attempting to inject script tags in URL parameters that might have been vulnerable (as per the specific vulnerability details).

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Gucherry Blog Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
9.0 hours of engineering $1,600
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