CVE-2024-5799 CM Pop-Up Banners for WordPress < 1.7.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Contributors can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized popup fields in the CM Pop-Up Banners WordPress plugin, potentially compromising site visitors.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-5799?
CVE-2024-5799 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown CM Pop-Up Banners for WordPress, published on 12 Sep 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The CM Pop-Up Banners for WordPress plugin before 1.7.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its popup fields, which could allow high privilege users such as Contributors to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5799?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cminds Cm Popup.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5799?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5799 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-2024-5799 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5799 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown CM Pop-Up Banners for WordPress
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wpxq-m249-cq6r.