PT-2024-17610 · WordPress · Geodatasource Country Region Dropdown

Zakaria · Published 2024-12-14 · Updated 2024-12-14 · CVE-2024-12474

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 GeoDataSource Country Region DropDown plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.0.1

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'gds-country-dropdown' shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes, such as 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, potentially through API endpoints like "/wp-admin/admin.php" with vulnerable parameters like shortcode attributes.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.0.1, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the 'gds-country-dropdown' shortcode until a patch is available. Restrict access to pages that use the 'gds-country-dropdown' shortcode to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-12474

Affected Products

Geodatasource Country Region Dropdown

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12474 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/104304 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/12929 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1867908461264056498 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c974726e-9371-40e5-8664-c12c8c06e5b9?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3207322%40geodatasource-country-region-dropdown&new=3207322%40geodatasource-country-region-dropdown&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Note