CVE-2024-8628

The Popup, Optin Form & Email Newsletters for Mailchimp, HubSpot, AWeber – MailOptin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'post-meta' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.70.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3152552/mailoptin/trunk/src/core/src/EmailCampaigns/Shortcodes.php	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4d64253b-5803-470d-81ba-d5629406b019?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mailoptin:mailoptin:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-09-24 03:15

Updated : 2024-09-26 16:42

NVD link : CVE-2024-8628

Mitre link : CVE-2024-8628

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-8628

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mailoptin

mailoptin

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

{"id": "CVE-2024-8628", "cveTags": [], "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "security@wordfence.com", "cvssData": {"scope": "CHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 5.4, "attackVector": "NETWORK", "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N", "integrityImpact": "LOW", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "confidentialityImpact": "LOW"}, "impactScore": 2.7, "exploitabilityScore": 2.3}]}, "published": "2024-09-24T03:15:02.953", "references": [{"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3152552/mailoptin/trunk/src/core/src/EmailCampaigns/Shortcodes.php", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "security@wordfence.com"}, {"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4d64253b-5803-470d-81ba-d5629406b019?source=cve", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "source": "security@wordfence.com"}], "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "security@wordfence.com", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-79"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "The Popup, Optin Form & Email Newsletters for Mailchimp, HubSpot, AWeber \u2013 MailOptin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'post-meta' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.70.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "El complemento MailOptin para WordPress, Popup, Optin Form & Email Newsletters for Mailchimp, HubSpot, AWeber, es vulnerable a cross-site scripting almacenado a trav\u00e9s del c\u00f3digo corto 'post-meta' del complemento en todas las versiones hasta la 1.2.70.3 incluida, debido a una desinfecci\u00f3n de entrada insuficiente y a un escape de salida en los atributos proporcionados por el usuario. Esto permite que atacantes autenticados, con acceso de nivel de colaborador y superior, inyecten secuencias de comandos web arbitrarias en p\u00e1ginas que se ejecutar\u00e1n siempre que un usuario acceda a una p\u00e1gina inyectada."}], "lastModified": "2024-09-26T16:42:16.700", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mailoptin:mailoptin:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "E7A7B1BB-1165-4B24-A8A8-99E2A883684E", "versionEndExcluding": "1.2.70.4"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "sourceIdentifier": "security@wordfence.com"}