CVE-2024-8239 (GCVE-0-2024-8239)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-30 06:00 – Updated: 2024-10-01 13:58
VLAI?
Title
Starbox < 3.5.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Summary
The Starbox WordPress plugin before 3.5.3 does not properly render social media profiles URLs in certain contexts, like the malicious user's profile or pages where the starbox shortcode is used, which may be abused by users with at least the contributor role to conduct Stored XSS attacks.
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/02796da0-218d-4c… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Starbox Affected: 0 , < 3.5.3 (semver)
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Credits
Dmitrii Ignatyev WPScan
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