Essential Real Estate Plugin up to 4.4.2 on WordPress Shortcode cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Essential Real Estate Plugin up to 4.4.2 on WordPress. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-4273. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Essential Real Estate Plugin up to 4.4.2 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown function of the component Shortcode 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 Essential Real Estate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'ere_property_map' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-4273 since 04/26/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. 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.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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

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Timelineinfo

04/26/2024 🔍
06/03/2024 +38 days 🔍
06/03/2024 +0 days 🔍
05/30/2025 +361 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-4273 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-4273
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-266952

Entryinfo

Created: 06/03/2024 21:19
Updated: 05/30/2025 03:31
Changes: 06/03/2024 21:19 (52), 06/04/2024 08:20 (12), 06/04/2024 17:18 (1), 03/26/2025 14:20 (4), 05/30/2025 03:31 (11)
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