cifi Starbox Plugin up to 3.4.8 on WordPress Profile Display Name/Social Settings cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in cifi Starbox Plugin up to 3.4.8 on WordPress. This impacts an unknown function of the component Profile Display Name/Social Settings. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-0256. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in cifi Starbox Plugin up to 3.4.8 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Profile Display Name/Social Settings. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Starbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Profile Display Name and Social Settings in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

The weakness was published 02/07/2024 by Lucio Sá as 3029599. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-0256 since 01/05/2024. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying the patch 3029599 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at plugins.trac.wordpress.org.

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Productinfo

Type

WordPress Plugin

Vendor

cifi

Name

Starbox Plugin

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 3029599

Timelineinfo

01/05/2024 🔍
02/07/2024 +33 days 🔍
02/07/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/12/2026 +795 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 3029599
Researcher: Lucio Sá
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-0256 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-0256
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-253075

Entryinfo

Created: 02/07/2024 08:30
Updated: 04/12/2026 02:58
Changes: 02/07/2024 08:30 (55), 03/01/2024 15:05 (11), 04/12/2026 02:58 (20)
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