Himer WordPress Theme Vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
CVE-2024-2234

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Himer
Vendor
CVE Published:
3 July 2024

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2024-2234?

The Himer WordPress theme before 2.1.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its Post settings, which could allow high privilege users such as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Affected Version(s)

Himer 0 < 2.1.1

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2024-2234 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/37018a3f-895f-48f7-b033-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

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

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Bob Matyas
WPScan
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CVE-2024-2234 : Himer WordPress Theme Vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting Attacks