Strong Testimonials Plugin up to 3.1.11 on WordPress cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Strong Testimonials Plugin up to 3.1.11 on WordPress. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-3261. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Strong Testimonials Plugin up to 3.1.11 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. 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 Strong Testimonials WordPress plugin before 3.1.12 does not validate and escape some of its Testimonial fields before outputting them back in a page/post, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. The attack requires a specific view to be performed

The weakness was released by Dmitrii Ignatyev. The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-3261 since 04/03/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. 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 3.1.12 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Strong Testimonials Plugin 3.1.12

Timelineinfo

04/03/2024 🔍
04/24/2024 +21 days 🔍
04/24/2024 +0 days 🔍
05/09/2025 +380 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2024-3261 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-3261
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-261841

Entryinfo

Created: 04/24/2024 07:48
Updated: 05/09/2025 08:34
Changes: 04/24/2024 07:48 (55), 04/04/2025 04:04 (4), 05/09/2025 08:34 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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