CVE-2024-5600 Cross-site scripting in SCSS Happy Compiler – Compile SCSS to CSS & Automatic Enqueue
Authenticated subscribers can inject malicious scripts via the import_settings function due to missing authorization checks and insufficient sanitization.
- 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-2024-5600?
CVE-2024-5600 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in happymonkeyagency SCSS Happy Compiler – Compile SCSS to CSS & Automatic Enqueue, published on 9 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The SCSS Happy Compiler – Compile SCSS to CSS & Automatic Enqueue plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to a missing capability check and insufficient sanitization on the import_settings() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.10. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject malicious web scripts.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5600?
How do I fix CVE-2024-5600?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5600 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-2024-5600 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5600 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jpfv-v788-59pg.