CVE-2024-6264 Post Meta Data Manager <= 1.2.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

What is CVE-2024-6264?

CVE-2024-6264 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in gandhihitesh9 Post Meta Data Manager, published on 2 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Post Meta Data Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘$meta_key’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6264?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wpexpertplugins Post Meta Data Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2024-6264?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6264 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-2024-6264 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6264 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in gandhihitesh9 Post Meta Data Manager

• CVE-2023-5425 Post Meta Data Manager <=1.2.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation High 8.8
• CVE-2023-5426 Post Meta Data Manager <=1.2.0 - Missing Authorization to User, Term, and Post Meta Deletion High 7.5
• CVE-2024-13835 Post Meta Data Manager <= 1.4.4 - Authentciated (Admin+) Multisite Privilege Escalation High 7.2
• CVE-2023-5776 Post Meta Data Manager <= 1.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Post, Term, and User Meta Deletion Medium 4.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-9p35-w9w3-v722.