CVE-2024-2836 Super Socializer < 7.13.64 - Editor+ Stored XSS
Editors can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Super Socializer WordPress plugin, leading to stored XSS attacks.
- 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-2024-2836?
CVE-2024-2836 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments Plugin , published on 15 Apr 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments Plugin WordPress plugin before 7.13.64 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as editors to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2836?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Heateor Super Socializer.
How do I fix CVE-2024-2836?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2836 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-2024-2836 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2836 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments Plugin
- CVE-2024-9946 Auth bypass in Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments Plugin – Super Socializer
- CVE-2023-35882 WordPress Super Socializer Plugin <= 7.13.52 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2021-24987 Super Socializer < 7.13.30 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2022-4484 Super Socializer < 7.13.44 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
- CVE-2024-13230 SQL injection in Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments Plugin – Super Socializer
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c9m8-7p4q-vfm3.