CVE-2024-12814 Loan Comparison <= 2.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 6.4 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the loancomparison shortcode, leading to potential session hijacking or malicious actions on affected WordPress sites.

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-2024-12814?

CVE-2024-12814 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in aerin Loan Comparison, published on 24 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Loan Comparison plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'loancomparison' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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-2024-12814?

How do I fix CVE-2024-12814?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12814 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-2024-12814 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12814 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-63pf-rx8v-wjx4.

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