#VU98846 Stored cross-site scripting in Zita Site Library - CVE-2024-8921
Published: October 21, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU98846
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-2024-8921
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Zita Site Library
Zita Site Library
Software vendor:
wpzita
wpzita
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 within SVG File uploads. 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://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cc1c76ee-078d-4c9a-a4d3-063d9147d7e8?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/zita-site-library/trunk/importer/wxr-importer.php#L160
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/zita-site-library/trunk/inc/importer.php#L148
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/zita-site-library/#developers
- https://wpzita.com/changelog/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3168327/