#VU99855 Stored cross-site scripting in File Upload Types by WPForms - CVE-2024-10016
Published: November 6, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU99855
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-2024-10016
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
File Upload Types by WPForms
File Upload Types by WPForms
Software vendor:
Jared Atchison
Jared Atchison
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/17988a66-5b48-4f57-96f8-74e539bc875e?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/file-upload-types/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3174398%40file-upload-types&old=3119996%40file-upload-types&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3174398/