CVE-2024-6710 Ditty < 3.1.45 - Author+ Stored XSS

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Contributors can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized parameters in the Ditty WordPress plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.

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-2024-6710?

CVE-2024-6710 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Ditty, published on 5 Aug 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 Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.45 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6710?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Metaphorcreations Ditty.

How do I fix CVE-2024-6710?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6710 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-2024-6710 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6710 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wfr9-cxf9-hqxv.

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