CVE-2024-11720 Frontend Admin by DynamiApps <= 3.24.5 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

High 7.2 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can inject scripts via forms if lower-level user access is enabled, potentially leading to session hijacking or malicious actions.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-11720?

CVE-2024-11720 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in shabti Frontend Admin by DynamiApps, published on 14 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Frontend Admin by DynamiApps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via submission forms in all versions up to, and including, 3.24.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the new Taxonomy form. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This is only exploitable when lower-level users have been granted access to submit specific forms, which is disabled by default.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11720?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dynamiapps Frontend Admin.

How do I fix CVE-2024-11720?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11720 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-2024-11720 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11720 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2wmf-fqwc-426g.

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