CVE-2024-0612 Content Views <= 3.6.2 - Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via settings
Administrators can inject scripts via settings in multi-site or restricted HTML environments, leading to script execution for other users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-0612?
CVE-2024-0612 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in pt-guy Content Views – Post Grid & Filter, Recent Posts, Category Posts … (Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks, and Widgets for Elementor), published on 5 Feb 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Content Views – Post Grid, Slider, Accordion (Gutenberg Blocks and Shortcode) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 3.6.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0612?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Contentviewspro Content Views.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0612?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0612 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-2024-0612 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0612 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4f24-3c6c-gh99.