myCred Plugin up to 2.7.5.2 on WordPress Shortcode mycred_send cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in myCred Plugin up to 2.7.5.2 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function mycred_send of the component Shortcode Handler. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-11201. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in myCred Plugin up to 2.7.5.2 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is the function mycred_send of the component Shortcode 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 myCred – Loyalty Points and Rewards plugin for WordPress and WooCommerce – Give Points, Ranks, Badges, Cashback, WooCommerce rewards, and WooCommerce credits for Gamification plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's mycred_send shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.5.2 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.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-11201 since 11/13/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched 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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• myCred Plugin

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• 2.7.5.0
• 2.7.5.1
• 2.7.5.2

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