CVE-2024-8239
Starbox < 3.5.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Severity Score
5.4
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
1
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
Track*
*SSVC
Descriptions
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.
The Starbox – the Author Box for Humans plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Twitter URL field in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
*Credits:
Dmitrii Ignatyev, WPScan
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:Track*
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2024-08-27 CVE Reserved
- 2024-09-09 CVE Published
- 2024-10-01 First Exploit
- 2024-10-08 CVE Updated
- 2024-10-08 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CAPEC
References (1)
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| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/02796da0-218d-4cbb-98ca-49eeea83cac5 | 2024-10-01 |
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