Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-1997

CVE-2024-1997:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Premium Addons PRO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'premiumfbchatapp_id' parameter of the Messenger Chat Widget in versions up to and including 2.9.12. This vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on March 13, 2024 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the Messenger Chat Widget component. The affected parameter is 'premiumfbchatapp_id'. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Wordfence assessed it with a score of 6.4 (Medium) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or above to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 2.9.13 of the Premium Addons PRO plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the vulnerability (Premium Changelog).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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