PT-2024-39352 · WordPress · The Social Proof (Testimonial) Slider

Peter Thaleikis · Published 2024-11-13 · Updated 2024-11-13 · CVE-2024-8985

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 Social Proof (Testimonial) Slider plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.2.4

Description: The issue arises from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the plugin's spslider-block shortcode. This allows 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, 2.2.4, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue in the spslider-block shortcode. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the spslider-block shortcode to prevent authenticated attackers from injecting arbitrary web scripts.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-8985

Affected Products

The Social Proof (Testimonial) Slider

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8985 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/10771 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1856687821056008377 · Twitter Post
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-proof-testimonials-slider/#developers · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1856694220146491430 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-proof-testimonials-slider/tags/2.2.4/public/class-social-proof-slider-public.php#L754 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-proof-testimonials-slider/trunk/public/class-social-proof-slider-public.php#L427 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/49460db5-a0cd-4b29-85f2-8ededabf5599?source=cve · Note