# CVE-2024-2837: WP Chat App < 3.6.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS

> Administrators can inject malicious scripts into WP Chat App settings, leading to stored XSS attacks even with unfiltered HTML disabled.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qx35-w84c-98jc

## What is CVE-2024-2837?

CVE-2024-2837 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WP Chat App, published on 26 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The WP Chat App WordPress plugin before 3.6.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admins to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2837?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ninjateam Wp Chat App.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-2837?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2837 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2837 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2837 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WP Chat App

- [CVE-2024-2513](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2513/): WP Chat App <= 3.6.2 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Block Image Attribute (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-1761](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1761/): WP Chat App <= 3.6.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Block Attributes (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2023-51370](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51370/): WordPress WP Chat App Plugin <= 3.4.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2024-4664](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4664/): WP Chat App < 3.6.5 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2024-10533](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10533/): WP Chat App <= 3.6.8 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Filebird Plugin Installation (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2837 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2837 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WP Chat App, published on 26 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2837 exists.

Affected product: Unknown WP Chat App. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2837/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2837/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2837
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2837
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2837

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.