CVE-2024-0662 Cross-site scripting in FancyBox for WordPress

Medium 4.4 Published Updated

Administrators can inject scripts in FancyBox settings, affecting multi-site or restricted HTML installations.

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-2024-0662?

CVE-2024-0662 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in colorlibplugins FancyBox for WordPress, published on 9 Apr 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The FancyBox for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in versions 3.0.2 to 3.3.3 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-2024-0662?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Colorlib Fancybox.

How do I fix CVE-2024-0662?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0662 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-2024-0662 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0662 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-cv85-hcw5-w2q9.

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