PT-2024-39767 · WordPress · Rescue Shortcodes

Peter Thaleikis · Published 2024-10-12 · Updated 2024-11-25 · CVE-2024-9696

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 Rescue Shortcodes plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.8

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's rescue tab shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. This allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.8, consider disabling the rescue tab shortcode until a patch is available to prevent exploitation. Restrict access to pages that use this shortcode to minimize the risk of script injection. Avoid using user-supplied attributes in the rescue tab shortcode until the issue is resolved.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-9696

Affected Products

Rescue Shortcodes

References · 7

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3167329%40rescue-shortcodes&new=3167329%40rescue-shortcodes&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9696 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9696 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9517db1f-1704-4f25-9b02-795da3c4c067?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/7768 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/97935 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/UndercodeNews/status/1861189980925616429 · Twitter Post