Cross-site scripting in adreastrian Guten Post Layout – An Advanced Post Grid Collection
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Guten Post Layout – An Advanced Post Grid Collection for WordPress Gutenberg plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘align’ attribute within the 'wp:guten-post-layout/post-grid' Gutenberg block in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.4 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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| adreastrian | Guten Post Layout – An Advanced Post Grid Collection | up to 1.2.4 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Guten Post Layout – An Advanced Post Grid Collection Vendoradreastrian Affected up to 1.2.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-8288
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3pp3-27wh-qpp3
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5d6d9852-424a-4d98-9926-e849bef99c2d?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/guten-post-layout/trunk/src/blocks/post-grid/post-grid.php#L300
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/guten-post-layout/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/guten-post-layout/trunk/src/blocks/post-grid/post-grid.php#L27
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3171324/guten-post-layout/trunk/src/blocks/post-grid/post-grid.php
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Sources
- CVE-2024-8288 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-8288 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3pp3-27wh-qpp3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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