Unfiltered HTML Setting Vulnerability in HL Twitter WordPress Plugin Could Lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
CVE-2024-3630

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Hl Twitter
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 May 2024

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👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

The HL Twitter WordPress plugin through 2014.1.18 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)

HL Twitter 0 <= 2014.1.18

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-2024-3630 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cbab7639-fdb2-4ee5-b5ca-...
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Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Bob Matyas
WPScan
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