PT-2024-39444 · WordPress · Mapplic Lite

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2024-09-26 · Updated 2024-10-01 · CVE-2024-9117

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 Mapplic Lite plugin for WordPress version 1.0 and earlier

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 Mapplic Lite plugin for WordPress version 1.0 and earlier, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to SVG file uploads for users with Author-level access and above until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-9117

Affected Products

Mapplic Lite

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9117 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9117 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a19e1713-1a64-46dc-8b30-b53045b2e01d?source=cve · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/mapplic-lite/#developers · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/96686 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/96103 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1839238859852238943 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1839290395890483353 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/6399 · Telegram Post