# CVE-2024-0420: MapPress Maps for WordPress < 2.88.15 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

> Contributors can inject malicious scripts via map titles in the admin dashboard, potentially compromising administrator sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 27 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q6hg-g95m-hv82

## What is CVE-2024-0420?

CVE-2024-0420 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown MapPress Maps for WordPress, published on 12 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The MapPress Maps for WordPress plugin before 2.88.15 does not sanitize and escape the map title when outputting it back in the admin dashboard, allowing Contributors and above roles to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0420?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mappresspro Mappress Maps for Wordpress.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0420?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0420 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0420 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0420 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown MapPress Maps for WordPress

- [CVE-2024-0421](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0421/): MapPress Maps for WordPress < 2.88.16 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Private/Draft Post Disclosure (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0420 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0420 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown MapPress Maps for WordPress, published on 12 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0420 exists.

Affected product: Unknown MapPress Maps for WordPress. 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-2024-0420/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0420/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0420
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0420
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0420

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0420/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.