CVE-2024-3730 Simple Membership <= 4.4.3 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
Authenticated attackers with contributor access can inject arbitrary scripts via a shortcode, leading to stored XSS execution on victim pages.
- 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-2024-3730?
CVE-2024-3730 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wpinsider-1 Simple Membership, published on 25 Apr 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 Simple Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'swpm_paypal_subscription_cancel_link' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and 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-2024-3730?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Simple-Membership-Plugin Simple Membership.
How do I fix CVE-2024-3730?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3730 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-2024-3730 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3730 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in wpinsider-1 Simple Membership
- CVE-2022-2317 Simple Membership < 4.1.3 - Unauthenticated Membership Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2023-41956 WordPress Simple Membership plugin <= 4.3.4 - Authenticated Account Takeover vulnerability
- CVE-2022-2273 Simple Membership < 4.1.3 - Membership Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2016-10884 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
- CVE-2019-14328 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wm34-m2ww-gx7j.