CVE-2024-3595 Pure Chat – Live Chat Plugin & More! <= 2.22 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via parameters, leading to script execution in victim browsers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-3595?
CVE-2024-3595 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in pure-chat Pure Chat – Live Chat & More!, published on 9 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Pure Chat – Live Chat Plugin & More! plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the purechatwid and purechatwname parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.22 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3595?
How do I fix CVE-2024-3595?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3595 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-2024-3595 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3595 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-625g-2phw-x35x.