CVE-2024-2963 Pocket News Generator <= 0.2.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Administrators can inject scripts via settings in Pocket News Generator, affecting multi-site or restricted HTML installations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-2963?
CVE-2024-2963 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in marubon Pocket News Generator, published on 29 Mar 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Pocket News Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings such as "Consumer Key" and "Access Token" in all versions up to, and including, 0.2.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2963?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Logicore Pocket News Generator.
How do I fix CVE-2024-2963?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2963 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-2024-2963 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2963 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in marubon Pocket News Generator
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7vcv-cf3w-qq9q.