WP-FeedStats Themify Plugin up to 1.4.3 on WordPress Setting cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in WP-FeedStats Themify Plugin up to 1.4.3 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-2278. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in WP-FeedStats Themify Plugin up to 1.4.3 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Themify WordPress plugin before 1.4.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its Filters 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)

The weakness was shared by Erwan Lr. The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-2278 since 03/07/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.4.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Themify Plugin 1.4.4

Timelineinfo

03/07/2024 🔍
04/01/2024 +24 days 🔍
04/01/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/10/2025 +374 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Erwan Lr
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-2278 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-2278
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-258809

Entryinfo

Created: 04/01/2024 07:58
Updated: 04/10/2025 05:20
Changes: 04/01/2024 07:58 (57), 10/27/2024 16:55 (13), 04/10/2025 05:20 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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