Vulnerability · Published Jan 30, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-12299System Dashboard <= 2.8.17 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Filename Parameter
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in System Dashboard from qriouslad. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The System Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the Filename parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.17 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick an administrative user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| qriouslad | System Dashboard | 0 – through 2.8.17 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/993670b7-a3ea-497d-ad46-881bd47b9346?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/system-dashboard/tags/2.8.15/admin/class-system-dashboard-admin.php#L2323
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3235119%40system-dashboard&new=3235119%40system-dashboard&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=