CVE-2024-5346 Cross-site scripting in Flatsome
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via multiple shortcodes in the Flatsome WordPress theme, executing them when users view affected 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-2024-5346?
CVE-2024-5346 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in UX-themes Flatsome, published on 22 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Flatsome theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the UX Countdown, Video Button, UX Video, UX Slider, UX Sidebar, and UX Payment Icons shortcodes in all versions up to, and including, 3.18.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5346?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Uxthemes Flatsome.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5346?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5346 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-2024-5346 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5346 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in UX-themes Flatsome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jpx2-8fjv-h582.