Powerpress Plugin up to 11.9.18 on WordPress Shortcode skipto cross site scripting

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Powerpress Plugin up to 11.9.18 on WordPress. The impacted element is the function skipto of the component Shortcode Handler. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-9543. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Powerpress Plugin up to 11.9.18 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function skipto 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. The summary by CVE is:

The PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'skipto' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 11.9.18 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.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-9543 since 10/04/2024. 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. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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• WordPress Plugin

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• Powerpress Plugin

Version

• 11.9.0
• 11.9.1
• 11.9.2
• 11.9.3
• 11.9.4
• 11.9.5
• 11.9.6
• 11.9.7
• 11.9.8
• 11.9.9
• 11.9.10
• 11.9.11
• 11.9.12
• 11.9.13
• 11.9.14
• 11.9.15
• 11.9.16
• 11.9.17
• 11.9.18

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