CVE-2024-1037 All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall <= 5.2.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

What is CVE-2024-1037?

CVE-2024-1037 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in davidanderson All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall, published on 7 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 All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'tab' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1037?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Updraftplus All-in-One Security.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1037?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1037 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-2024-1037 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1037 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in davidanderson All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall

• CVE-2022-4346 All In One WP Security & Firewall < 5.1.3 - Configuration Leak Medium 5.3
• CVE-2022-4097 All In One WP Security & Firewall < 5.0.8 - IP Spoofing Medium 5.3
• CVE-2023-0156 All-In-One Security (AIOS) < 5.1.5 - Admin+ Arbitrary File/Folder Access via Traversal Medium 4.9
• CVE-2023-0157 All-In-One Security (AIOS) < 5.1.5 - Admin+ Stored XSS Medium 4.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-mfxx-xjx2-rcm9.