CVE-2024-2857 Simple Buttons Creator <= 1.04 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS
Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via stored XSS in the Simple Buttons Creator plugin, potentially compromising admin accounts.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-2857?
CVE-2024-2857 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Simple Buttons Creator, published on 15 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 Simple Buttons Creator WordPress plugin through 1.04 does not have any authorisation as well as CSRF in its add button function, allowing unauthenticated users to call them either directly or via CSRF attacks. Furthermore, due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping, it could also allow them to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged in admins.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2857?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Robbychen Simple Buttons Creator.
How do I fix CVE-2024-2857?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2857 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-2024-2857 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2857 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Simple Buttons Creator
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x8mf-46wq-x274.