CVE-2024-0255 WP Recipe Maker <= 9.1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via icon_color
Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via shortcode attributes, leading to stored XSS execution on victim pages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-0255?
CVE-2024-0255 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in brechtvds WP Recipe Maker, published on 5 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WP Recipe Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'wprm-recipe-text-share' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 9.1.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0255?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bootstrapped Wp Recipe Maker.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0255?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0255 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2024-0255 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0255 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in brechtvds WP Recipe Maker
- CVE-2024-1206 WP Recipe Maker <= 9.1.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injecton
- CVE-2024-9650 WP Recipe Maker <= 9.6.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'tooltip'
- CVE-2024-0383 WP Recipe Maker <= 9.1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'group_tag'
- CVE-2024-3490 Cross-site scripting in WP Recipe Maker
- CVE-2024-0382 WP Recipe Maker <= 9.1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via header_tag
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rqqw-5q6g-cjxv.