CVE-2024-6888 Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking < 4.1.7 - Admin+ Stored XSS

What is CVE-2024-6888?

CVE-2024-6888 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking, published on 4 Sep 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking WordPress plugin before 4.1.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin 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-2024-6888?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ays-Pro Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking.

How do I fix CVE-2024-6888?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6888 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-2024-6888 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6888 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking

• CVE-2021-24931 Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking < 2.8.2 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-24484 Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking < 2.6.7 - Authenticated Blind SQL Injections High 7.2
• CVE-2024-6138 Secure Copy Content Protection < 4.0.9 - Admin+ Stored XSS Medium 6.5
• CVE-2024-6889 Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking < 4.1.7 - Admin+ Stored XSS Medium 4.8

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-q3xw-vphm-88j4.