CVE-2024-8622 amCharts: Charts and Maps <= 1.4.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Cross-Site Request Forgery
Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary JavaScript via reflected XSS in the amCharts WordPress plugin, requiring user interaction to execute.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-8622?
CVE-2024-8622 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in martynasma amCharts: Charts and Maps, published on 12 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The amCharts: Charts and Maps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'amcharts_javascript' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.4 due to the ability to supply arbitrary JavaScript a lack of nonce validation on the preview functionality. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8622?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Amcharts Amcharts\.
How do I fix CVE-2024-8622?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8622 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-2024-8622 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8622 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in martynasma amCharts: Charts and Maps
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v8h7-64rh-x555.