#VU98522 Stored cross-site scripting in Social Sharing (by Danny) - CVE-2024-9704
Published: October 14, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU98522
Vulnerability risk: Medium
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:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-9704
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Social Sharing (by Danny)
Social Sharing (by Danny)
Software vendor:
Danny van Kooten
Danny van Kooten
Description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via 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
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
External links
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/dvk-social-sharing/social-sharing-by-danny-137-authenticated-contributor-stored-cross-site-scripting-via-shortcode
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3167056%40dvk-social-sharing&new=3167056%40dvk-social-sharing&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=