CVE-2024-2956

CVSS 3.1 Score 4.4 of 10 (medium)

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Published Mar 27, 2024

Summary

CVE-2024-2956 is a vulnerability found in the Simple Ajax Chat – Add a Fast, Secure Chat Box plugin for WordPress. It affects all versions up to and including 20231101. The vulnerability is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue, caused by insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the admin settings. This allows authenticated attackers with administrator-level permissions or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages that will execute when accessed by users. However, this vulnerability only impacts multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled. The risk score for this vulnerability is 26, with a base severity of MEDIUM. To remediate this vulnerability, users should update the affected plugin to the latest version, which includes fixes for this issue.

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