CVE-2024-4061 Survey Maker < 4.2.9 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Plugin Settings
Admins can inject malicious scripts via plugin settings in multisite setups, leading to stored XSS attacks.
- 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-2024-4061?
CVE-2024-4061 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Survey Maker , published on 21 May 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Survey Maker WordPress plugin before 4.2.9 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-2024-4061?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ays-Pro Survey Maker.
How do I fix CVE-2024-4061?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4061 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-2024-4061 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4061 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Survey Maker
- CVE-2023-23490 SQL injection in Survey Maker WordPress Plugin
- CVE-2021-24459 Survey Maker < 1.5.6 - Authenticated Blind SQL Injections
- CVE-2023-0038 Survey Maker – Best WordPress Survey Plugin <= 3.1.3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2024-29918 WordPress Survey Maker plugin <= 4.0.6 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2023-34423 Cross-site scripting in Survey Maker
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6fj9-cq25-9x7h.