CVE-2024-0656 Password Protected <= 2.6.6 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Administrators can inject arbitrary scripts via Google Captcha Site Key in multi-site or restricted HTML environments, leading to stored XSS.
- 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-2024-0656?
CVE-2024-0656 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in saadiqbal Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content, published on 20 Feb 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Password Protected – Ultimate Plugin to Password Protect Your WordPress Content with Ease plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Google Captcha Site Key in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, 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-2024-0656?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpexperts Password Protected.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0656?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0656 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-2024-0656 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0656 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in saadiqbal Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content
Sources
Also known as GHSA-994h-mf2h-6f5r.