#VU101065 Stored cross-site scripting in Twitter Follow Button - CVE-2024-10116
Published: December 2, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU101065
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-10116
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Twitter Follow Button
Twitter Follow Button
Software vendor:
Alex Moss
Alex Moss
Description
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 updates from vendor's website.
External links
- 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