SB2024120947 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Shortcodes Blocks Creator Ultimate plugin for WordPress
Published: December 9, 2024
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12166)
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 "page" parameter. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link 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.
2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12167)
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 "_wpnonce" parameter. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link 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://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-shortcodes-creator/trunk/admin/class-shortcode-list-table.php#L83
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6ece9b6d-6802-44b9-9ead-1563286f4ff3?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-shortcodes-creator/trunk/admin/class-admin.php#L111
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/db6ccadb-5e90-4234-88cc-28241846acea?source=cve