SB20241014116 - Stored XSS in Social Sharing (by Danny) plugin for WordPress

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-9704)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via shortcode. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

References

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/dvk-social-sharing/social-sharing-by-danny-137-authenticated-contributor-stored-cross-site-scripting-via-shortcode
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3167056%40dvk-social-sharing&new=3167056%40dvk-social-sharing&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=