PT-2024-16363 · WordPress · Sticky Social Icons

Krugov Aryom · Published 2024-12-06 · Updated 2024-12-06 · CVE-2024-10551

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sticky Social Icons WordPress plugin versions 1.2.1 and earlier

Description The issue allows high privilege users, such as admins, to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks, even when the unfiltered html capability is disallowed, for example, in a multisite setup. This is due to the plugin not properly sanitizing and escaping some of its settings.

Recommendations For Sticky Social Icons WordPress plugin versions 1.2.1 and earlier, update to a version that properly sanitizes and escapes its settings to prevent Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-10551

Affected Products

Sticky Social Icons

References · 8

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cd1aea4a-e5a6-4f87-805d-459b293bbf28 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-10551 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10551 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/103266 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1864952530377035806 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/103353 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1864917853767426455 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/12169 · Telegram Post