PT-2024-20769 · WordPress · Wp Chat App

Ancorn + 1 · Published 2024-04-09 · Updated 2024-04-10 · CVE-2024-2513

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 WP Chat App plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 3.6.2

Description The issue arises from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes, specifically the imageAlt block attribute. This allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages. These scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations For WP Chat App plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 3.6.2, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting contributor-level access and above to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-2513

Affected Products

Wp Chat App

References · 4

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/wp-whatsapp/tags/3.6.2&old=3061150&new_path=/wp-whatsapp/tags/3.6.3&new=3061150&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2513 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2513 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3bba2901-55a7-4ef1-ab3c-1415aa99c729?source=cve · Note