CVE-2024-11183 Simple Side Tab < 2.2.0 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admins can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Simple Side Tab plugin, enabling stored XSS attacks in multisite environments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-11183?
CVE-2024-11183 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Simple Side Tab, published on 7 Dec 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Simple Side Tab WordPress plugin before 2.2.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11183?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Rumspeed Simple Side Tab.
How do I fix CVE-2024-11183?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11183 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-2024-11183 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-11183 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jm78-cpqh-vmm5.