PT-2025-1807 · WordPress · System Dashboard

Dale Mavers + 1 · Published 2025-01-30 · Updated 2025-01-30 · CVE-2024-12299

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions System Dashboard plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.8.15

Description The issue is related to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the Filename parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick an administrative user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.8.15, update to a version later than 2.8.15 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Filename parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-12299

Affected Products

System Dashboard

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12299 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12299 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1884962380012044736 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/993670b7-a3ea-497d-ad46-881bd47b9346?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1885043032979800181 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3235119%40system-dashboard&new=3235119%40system-dashboard&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/system-dashboard/tags/2.8.15/admin/class-system-dashboard-admin.php#L2323 · Note