CVE-2024-6362 Ultimate Blocks < 3.2.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Medium 4.6 Published Updated

Contributors can inject malicious scripts via post-grid block attributes, leading to stored XSS attacks on WordPress sites using Ultimate Blocks.

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-2024-6362?

CVE-2024-6362 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Ultimate Blocks, published on 29 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 Ultimate Blocks WordPress plugin before 3.2.0 does not validate and escape some of its post-grid block attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the block is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6362?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dotcamp Ultimate Blocks.

How do I fix CVE-2024-6362?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6362 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-2024-6362 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6362 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qjv9-wmrf-56gg.

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