CVE-2024-9775 Anih - Creative Agency WordPress Theme <= 2024 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Administrators can inject scripts via theme 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-2024-9775?
CVE-2024-9775 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in shtheme Anih - Creative Agency WordPress Theme, published on 9 Nov 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Anih - Creative Agency WordPress Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 2024 due to an incomplete blacklist, 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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9775?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Shtheme Anih.
How do I fix CVE-2024-9775?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9775 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-2024-9775 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9775 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gw27-fh9v-5v7p.