PT-2024-16034 · WordPress · Simplenews

Peter Thaleikis · Published 2024-10-25 · Updated 2024-10-25 · CVE-2024-10112

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Simple News plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.8

Description The issue arises from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the plugin's 'news' shortcode. This allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages. These scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.8, consider disabling the 'news' shortcode until a patch is available to prevent exploitation. Restrict access to the shortcode for users with contributor-level access and above to minimize the risk of arbitrary web script injection.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-10112

Affected Products

Simplenews

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10112 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-news/#developers · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/99486 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/8915 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/79147dad-4bce-40fb-b9c1-e211845251a0?source=cve · Note