SB2024120201 - Stored cross-site scripting in Twitter Follow Button plugin for WordPress
Published: December 2, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024120201
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-10116)
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 "username" parameter. 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
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/twitter-follow/trunk/twitter-follow.php#L34
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3194573%40twitter-follow%2Ftrunk&old=1852833%40twitter-follow%2Ftrunk
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/twitter-follow/#developers
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fac89439-bd0a-4772-858d-d11dd0de54b6?source=cve