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1 vulnerability found for Preloader Plus – WordPress Loading Screen Plugin by maxsdesign

CVE-2024-6849 (GCVE-0-2024-6849)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-09-07 08:37
Modified
2026-04-08 17:04
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Summary
The Preloader Plus – WordPress Loading Screen Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File uploads in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the SVG file.
Impacted products
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