CVE-2024-3026 WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons < 9.7.8 - Editor+ Stored XSS

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Editors can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized parameters in the MaxButtons plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-3026?

CVE-2024-3026 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons, published on 13 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons WordPress plugin before 9.7.8 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as editor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3026?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Maxfoundry Maxbuttons.

How do I fix CVE-2024-3026?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3026 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-2024-3026 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-3026 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8h2w-mrjw-fq93.

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