Medium severity · published Jun 4, 2024
CVE-2024-2470
Simple Ajax Chat < 20240412 - Admin+ Stored XSS
5.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Simple Ajax Chat WordPress plugin before 20240412 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 26% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SA
Simple Ajax Chat ·
before 20240412 · source: vendor, NVD, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2470
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2470
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8514b8ce-ff23-4aba-b2f1-fd36beb7d2ff/
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