# CVE-2024-12042: Cross-site scripting in MStore API – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Cloud

> Authenticated attackers can upload malicious HTML files to execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers via stored XSS.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gjq7-3xfx-fg78

## What is CVE-2024-12042?

CVE-2024-12042 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in inspireui MStore API – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Cloud, published on 13 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The MStore API – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Cloud plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the profile picture upload functionality in all versions up to, and including, 4.16.4 due to insufficient file type validation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to upload HTML files with arbitrary web scripts that will execute whenever a user accesses the file.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12042?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Inspireui Mstore Api.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-12042?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12042 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12042 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12042 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in inspireui MStore API – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Cloud

- [CVE-2024-6328](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6328/): MStore API – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Cloud <= 4.14.7 - Authentication Bypass (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-3277](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3277/): MStore API <= 4.10.7 - Unauthorized Account Access and Privilege Escalation (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-3076](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3076/): MStore API < 3.9.9 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-3077](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3077/): MStore API < 3.9.8 - Unauthenticated Blind SQLi (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-3197](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3197/): MStore API <= 4.0.1 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12042 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12042 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in inspireui MStore API – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Cloud, published on 13 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12042 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: inspireui MStore API – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Cloud. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12042/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12042/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12042
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12042
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12042

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12042/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.