Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Passster Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-2026

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Passster – Password Protect Pages And Content
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 April 2024

What is CVE-2024-2026?

The Passster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping in the content_protector shortcode. This vulnerability affects all versions up to 4.2.6.4. Authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher can exploit this weakness to inject malicious scripts into web pages. As a result, these scripts may execute in the browsers of users accessing the affected pages, posing a significant threat to site security.

Affected Version(s)

Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content * <= 4.2.6.4

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-protec...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Krzysztof Zając
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