CVE-2024-2696 Swift Framework < 2024.04.30 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Settings
Admin users can inject malicious scripts via settings in the Social Driver Framework WordPress plugin, bypassing unfiltered_html restrictions in multisite setups.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-2696?
CVE-2024-2696 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown socialdriver-framework, published on 12 Jul 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The socialdriver-framework WordPress plugin before 2024.04.30 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-2024-2696?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Swiftideas Swift Framework.
How do I fix CVE-2024-2696?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2696 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-2024-2696 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2696 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown socialdriver-framework
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4mhc-xx89-95pf.