PT-2024-16627 · WordPress · The Counter Up – Animated Number Counter & Milestone Showcase

Peter Thaleikis · Published 2024-11-27 · Updated 2024-11-27 · CVE-2024-10895

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 The Counter Up – Animated Number Counter & Milestone Showcase plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.4.0

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'lgx-counter' shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. This allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.4.0, consider disabling the 'lgx-counter' shortcode until a patch is available to prevent exploitation. Restrict access to pages that utilize the vulnerable shortcode to minimize the risk of arbitrary script execution. Update to a version later than 2.4.0 when available, as it is expected to include necessary fixes for the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issues.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-10895

Affected Products

The Counter Up – Animated Number Counter & Milestone Showcase

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10895 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1861676980825137259 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3235022%40wp-counter-up&new=3235022%40wp-counter-up&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-counter-up/trunk/public/class-wp-counter-up-public.php#L318 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/36e070de-bd77-48a4-a9c2-3938b144398a?source=cve · Note