CVE-2024-3987 Cross-site scripting in WP Mobile Menu – The Mobile-Friendly Responsive Menu
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via image alt text in the WP Mobile Menu plugin, affecting WordPress sites.
- 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-2024-3987?
CVE-2024-3987 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in takanakui WP Mobile Menu – The Mobile-Friendly Responsive Menu, published on 7 Jun 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 WP Mobile Menu – The Mobile-Friendly Responsive Menu plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via image alt text in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.4.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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-2024-3987?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freshlightlab Wp Mobile Menu.
How do I fix CVE-2024-3987?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3987 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-2024-3987 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3987 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9grv-rp7x-5jp8.