SB2024110553 - Stored cross-site scripting in SendPulse Free Web Push plugin for WordPress
Published: November 5, 2024
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-9184)
CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "wp_kses_allowed_html" function. A remote attacker 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
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/74831bf8-0a30-4758-bfe6-5a5b4ee7ec24?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/sendpulse-web-push/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sendpulse-web-push/trunk/settings.php#L10
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3169899/