Unfiltered HTML Settings Vulnerability in Better Comments Plugin
CVE-2024-2402

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Better Comments
Vendor
CVE Published:
24 April 2024

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

The Better Comments WordPress plugin before 1.5.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected Version(s)

Better Comments 0 < 1.5.6

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-2024-2402 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/98e050cf-5686-4216-bad1-...
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Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Nicolo
WPScan
.