CVE-2024-6896 Cross-site scripting in AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via SVG uploads, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-6896?
CVE-2024-6896 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in mohammed_kaludi AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages, published on 24 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File uploads in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.96.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the SVG file.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6896?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ampforwp Accelerated Mobile Pages.
How do I fix CVE-2024-6896?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6896 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-2024-6896 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6896 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in mohammed_kaludi AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages
- CVE-2024-9598 AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages <= 1.0.99.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2024-1043 AMP for WP <= 1.0.93.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Arbitrary Post Deletion via amppb_remove_saved_layout_data
- CVE-2024-11254 AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages <= 1.1.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2024-0587 Accelerated Mobile Pages <= 1.0.92.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2021-23150 Cross-site scripting in AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages (WordPress plugin)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mf2h-m732-8m29.