CVE-2024-5199 Spotify Play Button <= 1.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode attributes in the Spotify Play Button plugin, leading to stored XSS attacks.
- 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-2024-5199?
CVE-2024-5199 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Spotify Play Button, published on 26 Jun 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 Spotify Play Button WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5199?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wolfiezero Spotify Play Button.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5199?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5199 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-2024-5199 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5199 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p9g8-3jw8-v3h3.