Vulnerability · Published Mar 13, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-0591wpDataTables – WordPress Data Table, Dynamic Tables & Table Charts Plugin <= 3.4.2.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in wpDataTables – WordPress Data Table, Dynamic Tables & Table Charts Plugin from wpdatatables. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The wpDataTables – WordPress Data Table, Dynamic Tables & Table Charts Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'A' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.2.2 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 a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wpdatatables | wpDataTables – WordPress Data Table, Dynamic Tables & Table Charts Plugin | 0 – through 3.4.2.4 |
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/5a679863-3c22-4d34-9994-1f8ec121ad86?source=cve
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wpdatatables/trunk/lib/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wpdatatables/trunk/lib/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/samples/Basic/45_Quadratic_equation_solver.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3037741%40wpdatatables&new=3037741%40wpdatatables&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=