CVE-2024-5226 Fuse Social Floating Sidebar <= 5.4.10 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via File Upload
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via SVG file uploads in the Fuse Social Floating Sidebar plugin, affecting all users viewing injected pages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-5226?
CVE-2024-5226 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in daniyalahmedk Fuse Social Floating Sidebar, published on 8 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Fuse Social Floating Sidebar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the file upload functionality in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.10 due to insufficient validation of SVG files. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5226?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Daniyalahmedk Fuse Social Floating Sidebar.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5226?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5226 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-2024-5226 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5226 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mp78-hh2m-6j78.