CVE-2024-5644 WordPress Plugin Tournamatch < 4.6.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Ladders
Admin users can inject malicious scripts via Tournamatch settings, enabling stored XSS attacks in multisite environments.
- 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-2024-5644?
CVE-2024-5644 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Tournamatch, published on 13 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 Tournamatch WordPress plugin before 4.6.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5644?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tournamatch Tournamatch.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5644?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5644 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-2024-5644 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5644 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Tournamatch
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4m87-f24p-8vjc.