CVE-2024-3276 FooBox (Free and Premium) < 2.7.28 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Medium 6.1 Published Updated

Admin users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the FooBox WordPress plugin, enabling stored XSS attacks in multisite environments.

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-2024-3276?

CVE-2024-3276 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin , published on 18 Jun 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 Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin WordPress plugin before 2.7.28, foobox-image-lightbox-premium WordPress plugin before 2.7.28 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3276?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fooplugins Foobox.

How do I fix CVE-2024-3276?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3276 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-2024-3276 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-3276 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w3hx-hrcp-gr58.

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