CVE-2024-1985 Simple Membership <= 4.4.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Self-Based Cross-Site Scripting
Unauthenticated attackers can inject scripts via the Display Name parameter, executing code when a logged-in user views the page.
- 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-2024-1985?
CVE-2024-1985 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wpinsider-1 Simple Membership, published on 13 Mar 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 Simple Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Display Name' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This vulnerability requires social engineering to successfully exploit, and the impact would be very limited due to the attacker requiring a user to login as the user with the injected payload for execution.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1985?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Simple-Membership-Plugin Simple Membership.
How do I fix CVE-2024-1985?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1985 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-2024-1985 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1985 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in wpinsider-1 Simple Membership
- CVE-2022-2317 Simple Membership < 4.1.3 - Unauthenticated Membership Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2023-41956 WordPress Simple Membership plugin <= 4.3.4 - Authenticated Account Takeover vulnerability
- CVE-2022-2273 Simple Membership < 4.1.3 - Membership Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2016-10884 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
- CVE-2019-14328 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qj8h-3x8j-cqw9.