CVE-2024-11384 Arena.IM – Live Blogging for real-time events <= 0.3.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via the arenablog shortcode, leading to stored XSS execution on victim pages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-11384?
CVE-2024-11384 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in arenaim Arena.IM – Live Blogging for real-time events, published on 12 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Arena.IM – Live Blogging for real-time events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'arenablog' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.3.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-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-2024-11384?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Arena.im Arena.im.
How do I fix CVE-2024-11384?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11384 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-2024-11384 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11384 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-xcg2-hghw-w583.