CVE-2024-5219 Easy Google Maps <= 1.11.15 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

What is CVE-2024-5219?

CVE-2024-5219 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in supsysticcom Easy Google Maps, published on 2 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Easy Google Maps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's file upload feature in all versions up to, and including, 1.11.15 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5219?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Supsystic Easy Google Maps.

How do I fix CVE-2024-5219?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5219 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-2024-5219 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5219 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in supsysticcom Easy Google Maps

• CVE-2023-33926 WordPress Easy Google Maps Plugin <= 1.11.7 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) High 7.1
• CVE-2021-46780 Easy Google Maps < 1.9.32 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Medium 6.1
• CVE-2023-2526 Easy Google Maps <= 1.11.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via AJAX action Medium 5.4
• CVE-2021-39346 Google Maps Easy <= 1.9.33 Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium 4.8
• CVE-2024-31269 WordPress Easy Google Maps plugin <= 1.11.11 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability Medium 4.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-xj6v-rj9r-jrjq.