CVE-2024-9548 Slimstat Analytics <= 5.2.6 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

What is CVE-2024-9548?

CVE-2024-9548 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in veronalabs SlimStat Analytics, published on 14 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The SlimStat Analytics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the resource parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping when logging visitor requests. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers 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-2024-9548?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wp-Slimstat Slimstat Analytics.

How do I fix CVE-2024-9548?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9548 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-2024-9548 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9548 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in veronalabs SlimStat Analytics

• CVE-2022-45373 WordPress Slimstat Analytics Plugin <= 5.0.4 is vulnerable to SQL Injection High 8.8
• CVE-2023-4598 Slimstat Analytics <= 5.0.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Blind SQL Injection via Shortcode High 8.8
• CVE-2023-0630 Slimstat Analytics < 4.9.3.3 - Subscriber+ SQL Injection High 8.8
• CVE-2022-45366 WordPress Slimstat Analytics Plugin <= 5.0.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) High 7.1
• CVE-2024-1073 SlimStat Analytics <= 5.1.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium 6.4

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-27h5-287x-qrg4.