CVE-2024-6536 Zephyr Project Manager < 3.3.99 - Editor+ XSS
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Zephyr Project Manager plugin, leading to stored XSS.
- 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-2024-6536?
CVE-2024-6536 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Zephyr Project Manager, published on 30 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 Zephyr Project Manager WordPress plugin before 3.3.99 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as editors and admins 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-2024-6536?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dylanjkotze Zephyr Project Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2024-6536?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6536 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-2024-6536 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6536 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Zephyr Project Manager
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f25c-wxgv-xhrw.