CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-8239
5.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2024-09-30
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
The Starbox WordPress plugin before 3.5.3 does not properly render social media profiles URLs in certain contexts, like the malicious user's profile or pages where the starbox shortcode is used, which may be abused by users with at least the contributor role to conduct Stored XSS attacks.
Affected configurations
• squirrly starbox (< 3.5.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/02796da0-218d-4cbb-98ca-49eeea83cac5/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory