CVE-2024-2640 Watu Quiz < 3.4.1.2 - Author+ Stored XSS
Authors can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in Watu Quiz, leading to stored XSS attacks against other users.
- 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-2024-2640?
CVE-2024-2640 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Watu Quiz, published on 12 Jul 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 Watu Quiz WordPress plugin before 3.4.1.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow users such as authors (if they've been authorized by admins) to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2640?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Kibokolabs Watu Quiz.
How do I fix CVE-2024-2640?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2640 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-2024-2640 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2640 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Watu Quiz
- CVE-2024-53792 WordPress Watu Quiz plugin <= 3.4.1.2 - SQL Injection vulnerability
- CVE-2025-46242 WordPress Watu Quiz plugin <= 3.4.3 - SQL Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-0428 Watu Quiz < 3.3.8.2 - Reflected XSS
- CVE-2025-30844 WordPress Watu Quiz plugin <= 3.4.2 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-30483 WordPress Watu Quiz Plugin <= 3.3.9.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c7x7-vc85-8vmc.