PT-2024-17729 · WordPress · Ocean Extra

Craig Smith + 1 · Published 2024-02-20 · Updated 2025-03-04 · CVE-2024-1277

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 Ocean Extra plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.2.4

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via custom fields due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows authenticated attackers with contributor access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages, which will execute when a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations For Ocean Extra plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.2.4, update to a version higher than 2.2.4 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting contributor access to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-1277

Affected Products

Ocean Extra

References · 8

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3035534%40ocean-extra%2Ftrunk&old=3008053%40ocean-extra%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1277 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1277 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ocean-extra/trunk/includes/post-settings/apply-settings.php#L750 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ocean-extra/trunk/includes/post-settings/apply-settings.php#L756 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1760025910718439482 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5458e3bf-fd91-4201-8157-572eb1126aaf?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/113344 · Telegram Post