CVE-2024-4094 Simple Share Buttons Adder < 8.5.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Simple Share Buttons Adder plugin, leading to stored XSS.
- 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-2024-4094?
CVE-2024-4094 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Simple Share Buttons Adder, published on 18 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 Simple Share Buttons Adder WordPress plugin before 8.5.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as editors to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4094?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sharethis Simple Share Buttons Adder.
How do I fix CVE-2024-4094?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4094 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-2024-4094 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-4094 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Simple Share Buttons Adder
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qrw5-2xvc-ff3x.