Unfiltered HTML Settings Vulnerability in WP Secure Maintenance Plugin
CVE-2024-4753

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
WP Secure Maintenance
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 July 2024

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

The WP Secure Maintenance WordPress plugin before 1.7 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)

WP Secure Maintenance 0 < 1.7

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-2024-4753 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/81725b17-532a-43e6-8ce5-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Guido Iván García Duva
WPScan
.