CVE-2024-1496 Featured Image from URL (FIFU) <= 4.6.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via fifu_input_url
Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via the image URL parameter, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.
- 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-2024-1496?
CVE-2024-1496 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in marceljm Featured Image from URL (FIFU), published on 20 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the fifu_input_url parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.6.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access or higher, 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-2024-1496?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Fifu Featured Image From Url.
How do I fix CVE-2024-1496?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1496 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-2024-1496 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1496 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in marceljm Featured Image from URL (FIFU)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8wq7-jj6q-q3vj.