# CVE-2024-1292: WPB Show Core < 2.6 - Reflected XSS

> Reflected XSS in WPB Show Core allows attackers to execute scripts against admin users, potentially leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 31 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3q9p-q428-g22j

## What is CVE-2024-1292?

CVE-2024-1292 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown wpb-show-core, published on 8 Apr 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 WPB Show Core WordPress plugin before 2.7 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting them back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1292?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpb Show Core Project Wpb Show Core.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1292?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1292 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1292 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-1292 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown wpb-show-core

- [CVE-2023-4922](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4922/): WPB Show Core <= 2.2 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-5974](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5974/): WPB Show Core <= 2.2 - Unauthenticated Server Side Request Forgery (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-1956](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1956/): WPB Show Core < 2.7 - Reflected XSS (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2022-3484](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3484/): WPB Show Core - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-1958](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1958/): WPB Show Core < 2.7 - Reflected XSS (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1292 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1292 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown wpb-show-core, published on 8 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-1292 exists.

Affected product: Unknown wpb-show-core. 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-2024-1292/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1292/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1292
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1292
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1292

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1292/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.