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CVE-2024-6753 Social Auto Poster <= 5.3.14 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

High 7.2 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via the mapTypes parameter, leading to stored XSS execution when users access affected pages.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-6753?

CVE-2024-6753 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in WPWeb Social Auto Poster, published on 24 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Social Auto Poster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘mapTypes’ parameter in the 'wpw_auto_poster_map_wordpress_post_type' AJAX function in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.14 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers 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-2024-6753?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wpwebinfotech Social Auto Poster.

How do I fix CVE-2024-6753?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6753 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-2024-6753 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6753 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2vfh-6ppw-453g.

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