CVE-2024-2470 Simple Ajax Chat < 20240412 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admins can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in Simple Ajax Chat, enabling stored XSS attacks in multisite environments.
- 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-2024-2470?
CVE-2024-2470 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Simple Ajax Chat , published on 4 Jun 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 Simple Ajax Chat WordPress plugin before 20240412 does not sanitise and escape some of its 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-2024-2470?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Plugin-Planet Simple Ajax Chat.
How do I fix CVE-2024-2470?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2470 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-2024-2470 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2470 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Simple Ajax Chat
- CVE-2024-1983 Simple Ajax Chat < 20240223 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS
- CVE-2022-27850 WordPress Simple Ajax Chat plugin <= 20220115 - Multiple Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability
- CVE-2022-27849 WordPress Simple Ajax Chat plugin <= 20220115 - Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability
- CVE-2022-25610 WordPress Simple Ajax Chat plugin <= 20220115 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5g6x-fqcp-phwv.