Contact Chat Icons Vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
CVE-2024-2972

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, WhatSAPp, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, Wechat, Email, Sms, Call Button
Vendor
CVE Published:
24 April 2024

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👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

The Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, WhatsApp, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button WordPress plugin before 3.1.9 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)

Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, WhatsApp, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button 0 < 3.1.9

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-2024-2972 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/27134a4f-a59b-40e9-8fc8-...
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Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Dmitrii Ignatyev
WPScan
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