#VU98841 Cross-site scripting in WPExtended - CVE-2024-9347
Published: October 21, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU98841
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-9347
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
WPExtended
WPExtended
Software vendor:
WP Extended
WP Extended
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 the "wpext-export" 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
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/822c0a33-e57e-48c7-b8df-fddf3bb2e552?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpextended/tags/3.0.9/includes/libraries/wpext_export/wpext_export.php#L209
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3169963/wpextended/trunk/includes/libraries/wpext_export/wpext_export.php