Vulnerability identifier: #VU99248

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8790

CWE-ID: CWE-79

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Social Share With Floating Bar
Web applications / Modules and components for CMS

Vendor: themeinwp

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

Social Share With Floating Bar: 1.0.0 - 1.0.3

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External links
http://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2ec35484-8561-4a8c-bf67-0a880f915fb1?source=cve
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-share-with-floating-bar/tags/1.0.3/inc/class-social-share-with-floating-bar-settings.php#L312

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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.