SB2024120202 - Stored cross-site scripting in Rescue Shortcodes plugin for WordPress

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11199)

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 rescue_progressbar 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

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/rescue-shortcodes/tags/2.9/includes/shortcode-functions.php#L379
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3193428/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/rescue-shortcodes/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a188c615-513b-4d65-8351-d70848696297?source=cve