PT-2024-38810 · WordPress · Wp Extended

Marco Wotschka · Published 2024-09-04 · Updated 2024-09-06 · CVE-2024-8117

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 3.0.8

Description: The issue is related to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the selected option parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Recommendations: For versions up to, and including, 3.0.8, update to a version later than 3.0.8 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the selected option parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-8117

Affected Products

Wp Extended

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8117 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3145430%40wpextended%2Ftrunk&old=3134345%40wpextended%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8117 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvedetector/4773 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpextended/trunk/includes/modules/core_extensions/wpext_snippets/wpext_snippets.php#L293 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0f7f91f6-9fe6-4bbf-ba3c-380ba2e97dcd?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/93573 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1831282166853984352 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/93162 · Telegram Post