CVE-2024-2189 Social Icons Widget & Block < 4.2.18 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admins can inject malicious scripts via widget settings in the Social Icons plugin, enabling stored XSS attacks in multisite environments.
- 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-2024-2189?
CVE-2024-2189 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Social Icons Widget & Block by WPZOOM, published on 21 May 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 Social Icons Widget & Block by WPZOOM WordPress plugin before 4.2.18 does not sanitise and escape some of its Widget settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2189?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpzoom Social Icons Widget.
How do I fix CVE-2024-2189?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2189 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-2024-2189 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2189 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Social Icons Widget & Block by WPZOOM
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8962-3h36-6xxf.