CVE-2024-2404

Better Comments < 1.5.6 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS

Severity Score

5.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track*

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Better Comments WordPress plugin before 1.5.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow low privilege users such as Subscribers to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

El complemento Better Comments de WordPress anterior a 1.5.6 no sanitiza ni escapa a algunas de sus configuraciones, lo que podría permitir a usuarios con pocos privilegios, como los suscriptores, realizar ataques de Cross-Site Scripting Almacenado.

The Better Comments plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'nickname' field in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

*Credits: Nicolo, WPScan

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track*

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-03-12 CVE Reserved
2024-04-03 CVE Published
2024-05-18 EPSS Updated
2024-08-09 CVE Updated
2024-08-09 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a2cb7167-9edc-4640-87eb-4c511639e5b7	2024-08-09

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Utopique Search vendor "Utopique"		Better Comments Search vendor "Utopique" for product "Better Comments"				< 1.5.6 Search vendor "Utopique" for product "Better Comments" and version " < 1.5.6"		wordpress		Affected