Ultimate Video Plugin up to 2.2.2 on WordPress REST Route cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Ultimate Video Plugin up to 2.2.2 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component REST Route Handler. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-2428. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ultimate Video Plugin up to 2.2.2 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component REST Route Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Ultimate Video Player For WordPress WordPress plugin before 2.2.3 does not have proper capability check when updating its settings via a REST route, allowing Contributor and above users to update them. Furthermore, due to the lack of escaping in one of the settings, this also allows them to perform Stored XSS attacks

The weakness was released by Dmitrii Ignatyev. It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-2428 since 03/13/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. 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.

Upgrading to version 2.2.3 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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ultimate Video Plugin 2.2.3

Timelineinfo

03/13/2024 🔍
04/10/2024 +27 days 🔍
04/10/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/07/2025 +362 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Dmitrii Ignatyev
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-2428 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-2428
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-260151

Entryinfo

Created: 04/10/2024 12:03
Updated: 04/07/2025 04:16
Changes: 04/10/2024 12:03 (56), 10/30/2024 15:46 (13), 04/07/2025 04:16 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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