CVE-2024-11854 Cross-site scripting in Listdom: AI-powered Business Directory with Classifieds Ads Listings
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via shortcode parameters, 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-2024-11854?
CVE-2024-11854 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in webilia Listdom: AI-powered Business Directory with Classifieds Ads Listings, published on 4 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Listdom – Business Directory and Classified Ads Listings WordPress Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘shortcode’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.7.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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-2024-11854?
How do I fix CVE-2024-11854?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11854 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-2024-11854 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11854 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j6g6-p3mj-r2m2.