WP ULike Plugin up to 4.7.4 on WordPress Setting cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in WP ULike Plugin up to 4.7.4 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown function of the component Setting Handler. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-7879. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in WP ULike Plugin up to 4.7.4 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

The WP ULike WordPress plugin before 4.7.5 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as editors to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

The weakness was shared by Dmitrii Ignatyev. The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-7879 since 08/16/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. 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 4.7.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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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: WP ULike Plugin 4.7.5

Timelineinfo

08/16/2024 🔍
11/06/2024 +82 days 🔍
11/06/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/01/2025 +115 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2024-7879 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-7879
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-283304

Entryinfo

Created: 11/06/2024 07:49
Updated: 03/01/2025 16:03
Changes: 11/06/2024 07:49 (57), 11/06/2024 13:47 (1), 03/01/2025 16:03 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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