XSS in Aharonyan Guest Posting / Frontend Front Editor – Wp User Submit

CVE-2024-2967

The Guest posting / Frontend Posting wordpress plugin – WP Front User Submit / Front Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via form settings in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (37.6th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-2967?
CVE-2024-2967 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Aharonyan Guest Posting / Frontend Front Editor – Wp User Submit, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2024-05-02.
How severe is CVE-2024-2967?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-2967 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.