6.8Medium

CVE-2024-2640Watu Quiz < 3.4.1.2 - Author+ Stored XSS

Watu Quiz; kibokolabs watu_quiz Published: 2024-07-12 09:00 (2 years ago)

Description

The Watu Quiz WordPress plugin before 3.4.1.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow users such as authors (if they've been authorized by admins) to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-79

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

Vendor	Product	Versions
kibokolabs	watu_quiz	< 3.4.1.2
—	Watu Quiz	< 3.4.1.2

References and patches

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d46db635-9d84-4268-a789-406a0db4cccf/ exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS score

6.8Medium

Source: CISA-ADP · CVSS 3.1

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: Low
Availability: Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

EPSS (chance of exploitation in 30 days)

0.39%

higher than 34% of all CVEs

CISA assessment (SSVC)

Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

Timeline

ID reserved2024-03-19
Published2024-07-12 09:00
Reached IP-DB2026-10-24 23:53
Last updated2024-08-01 22:18

Assigned by (CNA): WPScan

View at source: CVE.org · NVD

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