CVE-2024-12457
CVSS 3.1 Score 6.4 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Jan 7, 2025
CWE ID 79
Summary
CVE-2024-12457 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Chat Support for Viber plugin for WordPress. The issue lies in the 'vchat' shortcode's insufficient sanitization and output escaping of user-supplied attributes. This defect enables authenticated attackers, who have contributor-level access or higher, to inject malicious web scripts. These scripts execute whenever a user visits an injected page, potentially leading to unintended actions or data theft. Versions up to and including 1.7.2 are impacted.
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