SB2025013131 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Sandbox plugin for WordPress
Published: January 31, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-13366)
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:A/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 "debug" 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) Missing Authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-13367)
CWE-ID: CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authorization checks.
The vulnerability exists due to a missing capability check on the "export_download" action. A remote user can download an entire copy of a sandbox environment and gain access to sensitive information.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.
References
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/sandbox/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3fc752bb-3f1d-4106-9df1-361564905a55?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sandbox/trunk/sandbox-ajax.php#L21
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/59880d92-5d75-432f-9fb5-d74b13d101ff?source=cve