Survey Maker Plugin up to 4.2.8 on WordPress Setting cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Survey Maker Plugin up to 4.2.8 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-4061. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Survey Maker Plugin up to 4.2.8 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown function of the component Setting 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. CVE summarizes:

The Survey Maker WordPress plugin before 4.2.9 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)

The weakness was released by Krugov Artyom. The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-4061 since 04/23/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Upgrading to version 4.2.9 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: Survey Maker Plugin 4.2.9

Timelineinfo

04/23/2024 🔍
05/21/2024 +28 days 🔍
05/21/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/29/2025 +312 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Krugov Artyom
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-4061 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-4061
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-265356

Entryinfo

Created: 05/21/2024 09:19
Updated: 03/29/2025 11:42
Changes: 05/21/2024 09:19 (56), 03/28/2025 22:53 (4), 03/29/2025 11:42 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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