What is CVE-2024-2956?

CVE-2024-2956 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Specialk Simple Ajax Chat – Add A Fast, Secure Box, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2024-03-27.

How severe is CVE-2024-2956?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-2956 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Specialk Simple Ajax Chat – Add A Fast, Secure Box

CVE-2024-2956

The Simple Ajax Chat – Add a Fast, Secure Chat Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 20231101 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escapi…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (36.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Specialk Simple Ajax Chat – Add A Fast, Secure Box — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-2956?: CVE-2024-2956 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Specialk Simple Ajax Chat – Add A Fast, Secure Box, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2024-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2024-2956?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-2956 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.