Vulnerability · Published Jun 21, 2024 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2024-4755Google CSE <= 1.0.7 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Medium 4.0

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Google CSE from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.0Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Google CSE WordPress plugin through 1.0.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Google CSE	0 – through 1.0.7

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/adc6ea6d-29d8-4ad0-b0db-2540e8b3f9a9/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description