CVE-2024-3815 Newspaper <= 12.6.5 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Attachment Meta
Authenticated attackers with author-level access can inject arbitrary web scripts via attachment meta, leading to stored XSS execution on archive pages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-3815?
CVE-2024-3815 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Newspaper - News & WooCommerce WordPress Theme, published on 15 Jun 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Newspaper theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via attachment meta in the archive page in all versions up to, and including, 12.6.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-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-2024-3815?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tagdiv Newspaper.
How do I fix CVE-2024-3815?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3815 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-2024-3815 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3815 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-xhhx-8x4v-2374.