PT-2025-1876 · WordPress · Ask Me Anything (Anonymously) Plugin

Soprobro · Published 2025-01-25 · Updated 2025-01-25 · CVE-2024-12512

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 Ask Me Anything (Anonymously) plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.6

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'askmeanythingpeople' shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes, such as attributes from users. 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, potentially through API endpoints like "/wp-admin/admin.php" or "/wp-content/plugins/".

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.6, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the 'askmeanythingpeople' shortcode until a patch is available. Restrict access to pages that use the 'askmeanythingpeople' shortcode to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-12512

Affected Products

Ask Me Anything (Anonymously) Plugin

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12512 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/108600 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1883056238897840438 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/16380 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0f204d39-8a4a-4008-adc6-3ba72531f5a2?source=cve · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/ask-me-anything-anonymously · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1883109377776783613 · Twitter Post