CVE-2024-11830 Cross-site scripting in Dear Flipbook – PDF Flipbook, 3D Flipbook, PDF embed, PDF viewer
Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via outline settings, 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-2024-11830?
CVE-2024-11830 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in dearhive Dear Flipbook – PDF Flipbook, 3D Flipbook, PDF embed, PDF viewer, published on 8 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The PDF Flipbook, 3D Flipbook—DearFlip plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via outline settings in all versions up to 2.3.52 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied data. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions 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-2024-11830?
How do I fix CVE-2024-11830?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11830 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-2024-11830 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11830 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3wqh-cc4x-r6p5.