CVE-2024-8519 Ultimate Member <= 2.8.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the um_loggedin shortcode, leading to script execution on victim pages.
- 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-2024-8519?
CVE-2024-8519 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ultimatemember Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin, published on 4 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'um_loggedin' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, 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-2024-8519?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ultimatemember Ultimate Member.
How do I fix CVE-2024-8519?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8519 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-2024-8519 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8519 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2020-36157 Privilege escalation in n/a
- CVE-2020-36156 Privilege escalation in n/a
- CVE-2024-1071 SQL injection in Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin
- CVE-2023-3460 Ultimate Member < 2.6.7 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8j37-24m2-5x5f.