CVE-2024-4602 Embed Peertube Playlist < 1.10 - Editor+ Stored XSS
Admins can inject malicious scripts via plugin settings, enabling stored XSS attacks in multisite environments where unfiltered HTML is disabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-4602?
CVE-2024-4602 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Embed Peertube Playlist, published on 13 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Embed Peertube Playlist WordPress plugin before 1.10 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-2024-4602?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Info-D-74 Embed Peertube Playlist.
How do I fix CVE-2024-4602?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4602 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-2024-4602 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-4602 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cr7c-5w66-wh22.