Cross-site scripting in Company Directory plugin for WordPress

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU105438

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-13839

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "add_query_arg" function. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Staff Directory Plugin: Company Directory: 3.2.3 - 4.3

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:richardgabriel:staff-directory-pro:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:richardgabriel:staff-directory-pro:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:richardgabriel:staff-directory-pro:3.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

External links

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/staff-directory-pro/trunk/include/tgmpa/init.php#L99
https://wordpress.org/plugins/staff-directory-pro/#developers
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/80203516-8546-441a-b51d-2d09968492b5?source=cve

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.