CVE-2024-1073 SlimStat Analytics <= 5.1.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

What is CVE-2024-1073?

CVE-2024-1073 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in veronalabs SlimStat Analytics, published on 2 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The SlimStat Analytics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'filter_array' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1073?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wp-Slimstat Slimstat Analytics.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1073?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1073 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-2024-1073 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1073 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in veronalabs SlimStat Analytics

• CVE-2022-45373 WordPress Slimstat Analytics Plugin <= 5.0.4 is vulnerable to SQL Injection High 8.8
• CVE-2023-4598 Slimstat Analytics <= 5.0.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Blind SQL Injection via Shortcode High 8.8
• CVE-2023-0630 Slimstat Analytics < 4.9.3.3 - Subscriber+ SQL Injection High 8.8
• CVE-2024-9548 Slimstat Analytics <= 5.2.6 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting High 7.2
• CVE-2022-45366 WordPress Slimstat Analytics Plugin <= 5.0.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) High 7.1

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-cgc5-3h4x-24c6.