CVE-2024-4005 Social Pixel <= 2.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admin users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Social Pixel WordPress 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-2024-4005?
CVE-2024-4005 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Social Pixel, published on 14 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 Social Pixel WordPress plugin through 2.1 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-2024-4005?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Labschool Social Pixel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-4005?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4005 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-2024-4005 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4005 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v844-p367-rm8m.