spanrig Embed Swagger UI Plugin up to 1.0.0 on WordPress Shortcode wpsgui cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in spanrig Embed Swagger UI Plugin up to 1.0.0 on WordPress. Impacted is the function wpsgui of the component Shortcode Handler. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-13700. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in spanrig Embed Swagger UI Plugin up to 1.0.0 on WordPress. This affects the function wpsgui 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 Embed Swagger UI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'wpsgui' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 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 weakness was presented by Soprobro. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-13700 since 01/24/2025. 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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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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01/24/2025 🔍
01/30/2025 +6 days 🔍
01/30/2025 +0 days 🔍
02/06/2025 +7 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Researcher: Soprobro
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-13700 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-13700
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-294123

Entryinfo

Created: 01/30/2025 16:01
Updated: 02/06/2025 21:46
Changes: 01/30/2025 16:01 (66), 02/06/2025 21:46 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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