CVE-2024-2404 Better Comments < 1.5.6 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS
Low-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings, leading to stored XSS attacks in the Better Comments WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-2404?
CVE-2024-2404 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Better Comments, published on 24 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Better Comments WordPress plugin before 1.5.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow low privilege users such as Subscribers to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2404?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Utopique Better Comments.
How do I fix CVE-2024-2404?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2404 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-2024-2404 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2404 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Better Comments
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ccjp-7c97-jmxf.