PT-2024-22957 · WordPress · Wp Front User Submit / Front Editor

Aillesim + 1 · Published 2024-05-02 · Updated 2024-05-02 · CVE-2024-2967

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WP Front User Submit / Front Editor plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 4.4.1

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via form settings due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows authenticated attackers with administrator-level permissions and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The issue only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered html has been disabled.

Recommendations For WP Front User Submit / Front Editor plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 4.4.1, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-2967

Affected Products

Wp Front User Submit / Front Editor

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2967 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1786082092805234739 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/82eb759f-e8d5-40c6-998f-f6981d9d6644?source=cve · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/front-editor · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3098586%40front-editor%2Ftrunk&old=3097587%40front-editor%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Note