CVE-2024-3986 SportsPress < 2.7.22 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admins can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in SportsPress, enabling stored XSS attacks in multisite environments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-3986?
CVE-2024-3986 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown SportsPress, published on 30 Jul 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The SportsPress WordPress plugin before 2.7.22 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-2024-3986?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Themeboy Sportspress.
How do I fix CVE-2024-3986?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3986 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-2024-3986 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-3986 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown SportsPress
- CVE-2021-24578 SportsPress < 2.7.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2020-13892 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-2024-1178 SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager <= 2.7.17 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Event Permalink Update
- CVE-2024-34824 WordPress SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager plugin <= 2.7.20 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g2j4-8f3h-m86r.