PT-2024-39053 · WordPress · Survey Maker

Jonas Benjamin Friedli · Published 2024-10-08 · Updated 2025-04-23 · CVE-2024-8488

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Survey Maker plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 4.9.7

Description: The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Survey fields 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 versions up to, and including, 4.9.7, update to a version later than 4.9.7 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Survey fields to minimize the risk of exploitation. Additionally, ensure that unfiltered html is enabled for all users, or restrict administrator-level permissions to trusted individuals only.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-8488

Affected Products

Survey Maker

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8488 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8488 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3155029/survey-maker/tags/4.9.6/includes/class-survey-maker-data.php?old=3153722&old_path=survey-maker%2Ftags%2F4.9.5%2Fincludes%2Fclass-survey-maker-data.php · Patch
• https://t.me/cvedetector/7357 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/119477 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1843620191781171201 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5e04edb6-ef37-4ea8-a734-dbdcf689ba9b?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/97406 · Telegram Post