#VU101361 Cross-site scripting in Ultimate Shortcodes Creator - CVE-2024-12167

Vulnerability identifier: #VU101361

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [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-2024-12167

CWE-ID: CWE-79

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Ultimate Shortcodes Creator
Web applications / Modules and components for CMS

Vendor: César Morillas

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 "_wpnonce" 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.

Mitigation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Ultimate Shortcodes Creator: 2.1 - 2.2.0

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External links
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-shortcodes-creator/trunk/admin/class-admin.php#L111
http://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/db6ccadb-5e90-4234-88cc-28241846acea?source=cve

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.