XSS in Athemes Sydney Toolbox
CVE-2024-1447
The Sydney Toolbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's aThemes Slider button element in all versions up to, and including, 1.25 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied link. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.004 (35.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Athemes Sydney_toolbox
- Smub Sydney Toolbox — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
- security@wordfence.com (Product)
- security@wordfence.com (Product)
- security@wordfence.com (Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-1447?
- CVE-2024-1447 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Athemes Sydney Toolbox, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-02-29.
- How severe is CVE-2024-1447?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-1447 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.