Simple Ajax Chat Plugin 20240223 on WordPress Setting cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Simple Ajax Chat Plugin on WordPress and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Setting Handler. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-2470. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Simple Ajax Chat Plugin on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Setting Handler. 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 Simple Ajax Chat WordPress plugin before 20240412 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 presented by Fourcade. It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-2470 since 03/14/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. 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 20240412 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-27419). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 2.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 2.3

VulDB Base Score: 2.4
VulDB Temp Score: 2.3
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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: Simple Ajax Chat Plugin 20240412

Timelineinfo

03/14/2024 🔍
04/12/2024 +28 days 🔍
06/04/2024 +53 days 🔍
06/04/2024 +0 days 🔍
01/10/2026 +585 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Fourcade
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-2470 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-2470
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-266983
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/04/2024 09:44
Updated: 01/10/2026 09:33
Changes: 06/04/2024 09:44 (56), 06/04/2024 17:18 (1), 03/26/2025 11:47 (5), 01/10/2026 09:33 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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