CVE-2024-4149 Floating Chat Widget < 3.2.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admins can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Floating Chat Widget plugin, enabling stored XSS attacks in multisite environments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-4149?
CVE-2024-4149 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, WhatsApp, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button , published on 13 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, WhatsApp, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button WordPress plugin before 3.2.3 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-2024-4149?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Premio Floating Chat Widget.
How do I fix CVE-2024-4149?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4149 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-2024-4149 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-4149 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, WhatsApp, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jqfc-x264-jw63.