CVE-2024-12768 Responsive iframe <= 1.2.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Contributors can inject malicious scripts via unescaped block options in the Responsive iframe plugin, leading to stored XSS attacks.
- 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-2024-12768?
CVE-2024-12768 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Responsive iframe, published on 1 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Responsive iframe WordPress plugin through 1.2.0 does not validate and escape some of its block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12768?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Patrickpelayo Responsive Iframe.
How do I fix CVE-2024-12768?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12768 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-2024-12768 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-12768 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-534q-5pch-9x4r.