CVE-2024-43971 WordPress Sunshine Photo Cart plugin <= 3.2.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

High 7.1 Published Updated

An attacker can inject malicious scripts into the Sunshine Photo Cart plugin, potentially compromising user sessions or executing code in victim browsers.

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-2024-43971?

CVE-2024-43971 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in sunshinephotocart Sunshine Photo Cart, published on 17 Sep 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

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in sunshinephotocart Sunshine Photo Cart sunshine-photo-cart.This issue affects Sunshine Photo Cart: from n/a through <= 3.2.5.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-43971?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sunshinephotocart Sunshine Photo Cart.

How do I fix CVE-2024-43971?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-43971 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-2024-43971 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-43971 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vj4c-r6hh-429f.

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