High-Privilege Users Can Perform Stored XSS Attacks via Unfiltered HTML
CVE-2024-6243
4.8MEDIUM
Key Information:
- Vendor
- Wordpress
- Status
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 22 July 2024
Badges
👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC
Summary
The HTML Forms WordPress plugin before 1.3.33 does not sanitize and escape the form message inputs, allowing high-privilege users, such as administrators, to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disabled.
Affected Version(s)
HTML Forms 0 < 1.3.33
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.
References
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
Majdeddine Ben Hadj Brahim
WPScan