Vulnerability · Published Mar 27, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-2956Simple Ajax Chat <= 20231101 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Medium 4.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Simple Ajax Chat – Add a Fast, Secure Chat Box from specialk. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Simple Ajax Chat – Add a Fast, Secure Chat Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 20231101 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| specialk | Simple Ajax Chat – Add a Fast, Secure Chat Box | 0 – through 20231101 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N