CVE-2024-8680 MailChimp for Wordpress <= 4.9.16 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Administrators can inject arbitrary scripts via settings in multi-site or restricted HTML environments, leading to stored XSS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-8680?
CVE-2024-8680 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in dvankooten MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress, published on 21 Sep 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8680?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibericode Mailchimp.
How do I fix CVE-2024-8680?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8680 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-2024-8680 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8680 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in dvankooten MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j2wp-jm3g-6f93.