PT-2024-39316 · WordPress · Category Icon

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2024-10-12 · Updated 2024-10-15 · CVE-2024-8915

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: Category Icon plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.0.0

Description: The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File uploads due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows authenticated attackers with Author-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the SVG file.

Recommendations: For Category Icon plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.0.0, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting file uploads, especially SVG files, to prevent potential exploitation. Additionally, limiting access to the plugin's functionality to users below Author-level access may help minimize the risk of exploitation until a proper fix is applied.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-8915

Affected Products

Category Icon

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8915 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/category-icon/trunk/category-icon.php#L437 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1dc4acdc-754f-4ee0-947d-ff0c277e8181?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/97933 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/7771 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3167148 · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-icon/#developers · Note