CVE-2024-44040 WordPress ShiftController Employee Shift Scheduling plugin <= 4.9.64 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Medium 5.9 Published Updated

An attacker can inject malicious scripts into the ShiftController Employee Shift Scheduling plugin, potentially compromising user sessions or site integrity.

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-2024-44040?

CVE-2024-44040 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in plainware ShiftController Employee Shift Scheduling, published on 6 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, 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 plainware ShiftController Employee Shift Scheduling shiftcontroller allows Stored XSS.This issue affects ShiftController Employee Shift Scheduling: from n/a through <= 4.9.64.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-44040?

How do I fix CVE-2024-44040?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-44040 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-2024-44040 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-44040 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pmr5-x36w-pvfp.

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