Vulnerability · Published May 2, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-2967Guest posting / Frontend Posting wordpress plugin – WP Front User Submit / Front Editor <= 4.4.7 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Medium 4.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor – WP Front User Submit from aharonyan. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Guest posting / Frontend Posting wordpress plugin – WP Front User Submit / Front Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via form settings in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| aharonyan | Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor – WP Front User Submit | 0 – through 4.4.7 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/82eb759f-e8d5-40c6-998f-f6981d9d6644?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/front-editor/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3098586%40front-editor%2Ftrunk&old=3097587%40front-editor%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=