CVE-2024-5444 Bible Text <= 0.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode attributes in the Bible Text plugin, leading to stored XSS attacks.

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-2024-5444?

CVE-2024-5444 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Bible Text, published on 11 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 Bible Text WordPress plugin through 0.2 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-2024-5444?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mark8barnes Bible Text.

How do I fix CVE-2024-5444?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5444 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-2024-5444 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5444 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2mf7-vh85-mwj6.

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