# CVE-2024-3261: Strong Testimonials < 3.1.12 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

> Contributors can inject malicious scripts via testimonial fields, leading to stored XSS attacks when specific views are rendered.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fcw6-ccq2-f46p

## What is CVE-2024-3261?

CVE-2024-3261 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Strong Testimonials, published on 24 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 Strong Testimonials WordPress plugin before 3.1.12 does not validate and escape some of its Testimonial fields before outputting them back in a page/post, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. The attack requires a specific view to be performed

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3261?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpchill Strong Testimonials.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-3261?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3261 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-3261 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-3261 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Strong Testimonials

- [CVE-2023-26013](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-26013/): WordPress Strong Testimonials Plugin <= 3.0.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2020-8549](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8549/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-47362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47362/): WordPress Strong Testimonials plugin <= 3.1.16 - Broken Access Control vulnerability (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2023-6491](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6491/): Strong Testimonials <= 3.1.12 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Improper Authorization to Views Modification (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2023-52123](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52123/): WordPress Strong Testimonials Plugin <= 3.1.10 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-3261 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-3261 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Strong Testimonials, published on 24 Apr 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, 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-2024-3261 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Strong Testimonials. 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-2024-3261/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3261/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3261
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3261
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3261

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3261/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.