CVE-2024-4392 Cross-site scripting in Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth
Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via the wpvideo shortcode, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-4392?
CVE-2024-4392 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in automattic Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth, published on 14 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's wpvideo shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 13.3.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-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-2024-4392?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Automattic Jetpack.
How do I fix CVE-2024-4392?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4392 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-2024-4392 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4392 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in automattic Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth
- CVE-2023-2996 Jetpack < 12.1.1 - Author+ Arbitrary File Manipulation via API
- CVE-2011-4673 SQL injection in n/a
- CVE-2023-45050 WordPress Jetpack Plugin <= 12.8-a.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2024-10858 Jetpack 13.0-14.0 - Unauthenticated DOM-XSS
- CVE-2015-9359 Cross-site scripting in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-44m2-445p-2rrj.