PT-2024-37252 · WordPress · Simple Alert Boxes

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2024-07-09 · Updated 2024-07-09 · CVE-2024-5937

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: The Simple Alert Boxes plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.4.0

Description: The issue arises from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the plugin's Alert shortcode, allowing 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 versions up to, and including, 1.4.0, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue in the Alert shortcode. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Alert shortcode for users with contributor-level access and above until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-5937

Affected Products

Simple Alert Boxes

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5937 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a25ad405-a97e-4821-b57a-0f39d5ce5e70?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1810626271178588252 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/280 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-alert-boxes/trunk/plugin.php#L71 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1810597542020907022 · Twitter Post