CVE-2024-7084 Ajax Search Lite < 4.12.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Administrators can inject malicious scripts into the Ajax Search Lite WordPress plugin, potentially compromising user sessions or site integrity.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-7084?
CVE-2024-7084 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Ajax Search Lite, published on 6 Aug 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Ajax Search Lite WordPress plugin before 4.12.1 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as Admin+ to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7084?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wp-Dreams Ajax Search.
How do I fix CVE-2024-7084?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7084 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-2024-7084 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7084 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Ajax Search Lite
- CVE-2024-21752 WordPress Ajax Search Lite Plugin <= 4.11.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2023-1420 Ajax Search Lite < 4.11.1, Pro < 4.26.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2023-1435 Ajax Search Lite Pro < 4.26.2 - Multiple Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2024-8619 Ajax Search Lite <= 4.12.2 - Admin+ Stored XSS
- CVE-2024-10568 Ajax Search Lite < 4.12.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fj5p-6c44-4pp3.