Mybook Table BookstoreWordPress extension · Stormhillmedia
CVE-2024-43255
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 zookatron MyBookTable Bookstore mybooktable.This issue affects MyBookTable Bookstore: from n/a through <= 3.3.9.
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 confidenceThis is a stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MyBookTable Bookstore WordPress plugin versions up to and including 3.3.9. The vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code through user-supplied input that is not properly sanitized or encoded before being rendered in web pages.
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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
Mybook Table BookstoreWordPress extension
<= 3.3.9CVSS 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
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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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Check installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'MyBookTable Bookstore' or 'Stormhillmedia Mybook Table Bookstore'. The version number is displayed below the plugin name.Affected if The version listed is 3.3.9 or lower (any version up to and including 3.3.9)
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Verify plugin is activeIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and confirm the MyBookTable Bookstore plugin shows as 'Active'.Affected if The plugin is active and running a vulnerable version
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Inspect book input fields for sanitizationAdd or edit a book in MyBookTable (Books > Add New) and examine all input fields (title, author, description, etc.) for any HTML/script tags that may be saved and displayed unsanitized.Affected if Malicious script tags entered in book fields render unescaped in the frontend
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Check frontend book pages for XSS executionVisit a published book page on the site and view the page source to see if input from book fields is being rendered with proper encoding (look for <script> tags appearing as literal text vs being executed).Affected if JavaScript or HTML entered in book fields executes or renders as raw HTML in the browser
You are affected if the MyBookTable Bookstore plugin version is 3.3.9 or lower and user-supplied book data is rendered without output encoding.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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.
From vendor dataUpgrade MyBookTable Bookstore to a version beyond 3.3.9 that contains the security patch. Until then, restrict administrative access and implement additional output encoding on any user-generated content displayed on the site.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation2.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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