# CVE-2024-4534: KKProgressbar2 Free <= 1.1.4.2 - Stored XSS via CSRF

> Attackers can inject stored XSS payloads via CSRF, allowing admin account takeover in the KKProgressbar2 Free WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 27 May 2024
- **Updated:** 9 Aug 2024

## What is CVE-2024-4534?

CVE-2024-4534 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown KKProgressbar2 Free , published on 27 May 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 KKProgressbar2 Free  WordPress plugin through 1.1.4.2 does not have CSRF check in some places, and is missing sanitisation as well as escaping, which could allow attackers to make logged in admin add Stored XSS payloads via a CSRF attack

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4534?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Krzysztof-Furtak Kkprogressbar2.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-4534?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4534 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-4534 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-4534 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown KKProgressbar2 Free 

- [CVE-2024-4535](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4535/): KKProgressbar2 Free <= 1.1.4.2 - Progress Bar Deletion via CSRF (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-4533](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4533/): KKProgressbar2 Free <= 1.1.4.2 - Admin+ SQL Injection (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-4534 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-4534 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown KKProgressbar2 Free , published on 27 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-4534 exists.

Affected product: Unknown KKProgressbar2 Free . No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4534/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4534/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4534
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4534
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-4534

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4534/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.