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).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

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)

VendorProductVersions
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

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