Simple Banner Plugin up to 3.0.5 on WordPress cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Simple Banner Plugin up to 3.0.5 on WordPress. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-13898. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Simple Banner Plugin up to 3.0.5 on WordPress. This affects an unknown functionality. 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 Simple Banner – Easily add multiple Banners/Bars/Notifications/Announcements to the top or bottom of your website plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-13898 since 02/20/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. 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.

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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• Simple Banner Plugin

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• 3.0.0
• 3.0.1
• 3.0.2
• 3.0.3
• 3.0.4
• 3.0.5

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