CVE-2024-5811 Simple Video Directory < 1.4.4 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Contributors can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Simple Video Directory plugin, leading to stored XSS attacks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-5811?
CVE-2024-5811 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Simple Video Directory, published on 12 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Simple Video Directory WordPress plugin before 1.4.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow contributors and higher 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-2024-5811?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Quantumcloud Simple Video Directory.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5811?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5811 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-2024-5811 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5811 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Simple Video Directory
Sources
Also known as GHSA-33q9-6qmp-35mw.