PT-2024-16816 · WordPress · Rescue Shortcodes

Peter Thaleikis · Published 2024-11-23 · Updated 2024-11-23 · CVE-2024-11199

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 Rescue Shortcodes plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.9

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the rescue progressbar 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, 2.9, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the rescue progressbar shortcode to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-11199

Affected Products

Rescue Shortcodes

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11199 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3193428 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11199 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/rescue-shortcodes/#developers · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a188c615-513b-4d65-8351-d70848696297?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1860347968148373751 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/rescue-shortcodes/tags/2.9/includes/shortcode-functions.php#L379 · Note