CVE-2024-3630 HL Twitter <= 2014.1.18 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Widget
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via widget settings in the HL Twitter plugin, bypassing unfiltered_html restrictions in multisite setups.
- 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-2024-3630?
CVE-2024-3630 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown HL Twitter, published on 15 May 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 HL Twitter WordPress plugin through 2014.1.18 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-2024-3630?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dachande663 Hl Twitter.
How do I fix CVE-2024-3630?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3630 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-2024-3630 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3630 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown HL Twitter
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vvgm-85j8-2648.