CVE-2024-2640 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2024-07-12

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Watu Quiz

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 3.4.1.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kibokolabs:watu_quiz:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00377.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d46db635-9d84-4268-a789-406a0db4cccf/

History

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Subscriptions

Kibokolabs Watu Quiz

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-07-12T06:00:05.185Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T19:18:48.172Z

Reserved: 2024-03-19T12:41:07.814Z

Link: CVE-2024-2640

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T19:18:48.172Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-07-12T06:15:03.433

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:10:11.623

Link: CVE-2024-2640

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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