#VU99758 Cross-site scripting in WP-Members Membership Plugin - CVE-2024-9231
Published: November 5, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU99758
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-2024-9231
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
WP-Members Membership Plugin
WP-Members Membership Plugin
Software vendor:
Chad Butler
Chad Butler
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 add_query_arg. 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/2d59e599-59da-4c03-b71f-d00a078b2442?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-members/tags/3.4.9.5/includes/class-wp-members.php#L1960
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-members/tags/3.4.9.5/includes/class-wp-members-forms.php#L2198
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3172354/wp-members/trunk/includes/class-wp-members-forms.php?contextall=1