PT-2024-39635 · WordPress · F4 Improvements

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2024-11-20 · Updated 2024-11-22 · CVE-2024-9442

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 F4 Improvements plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.9.0

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 F4 Improvements plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.9.0, update to a version later than 1.9.0 to resolve the 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-2024-9442

Affected Products

F4 Improvements

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9442 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9442 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/element-ready-lite/#developers · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b97a555a-1eeb-4fc4-9338-bad8b9a0585d?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1859451886476103888 · Twitter Post