CVE-2024-12239 PowerPack Lite for Beaver Builder <= 1.3.0.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Navigate Parameter

Medium 6.1 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can inject scripts via the navigate parameter, potentially compromising administrative users who click malicious links.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-12239?

CVE-2024-12239 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ideaboxcreations PowerPack Lite for Beaver Builder, published on 17 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The PowerPack Lite for Beaver Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the navigate parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.0.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick an administrative user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12239?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ideabox Powerpack for Beaver Builder.

How do I fix CVE-2024-12239?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12239 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-2024-12239 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12239 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-r4xg-5xjw-6vvv.

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