# CVE-2024-0256: Starbox <= 3.4.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Profile Display Name and Social Settings

> Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via profile settings, leading to code execution when other users view the page.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hvwp-rfc8-3www

## What is CVE-2024-0256?

CVE-2024-0256 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in cifi Starbox – the Author Box for Humans, published on 7 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Starbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Profile Display Name and Social Settings in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0256?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Squirrly Starbox.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0256?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0256 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0256 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0256 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in cifi Starbox – the Author Box for Humans

- [CVE-2023-6806](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6806/): Starbox <= 3.4.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Job Settings (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-1273](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1273/): Starbox < 3.5.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-8239](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8239/): Starbox < 3.5.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-7955](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7955/): Starbox < 3.5.2 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2024-0366](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0366/): Starbox – the Author Box for Humans <= 3.4.7 - Insecure Direct Object Reference (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0256 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0256 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in cifi Starbox – the Author Box for Humans, published on 7 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0256 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: cifi Starbox – the Author Box for Humans. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0256/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0256/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0256
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0256
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0256

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0256/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.