6.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-6256
YouTube Feeds for WordPress Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Description

The Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'youtube-feed' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

INFO

Published Date :

July 11, 2024, 7:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

July 12, 2024, 4:53 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

3.1
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-6256 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Smashballoon feeds_for_youtube
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2024-6256.

URL Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feeds-for-youtube/trunk/js/sb-youtube.js Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3107577/ Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/228fab65-e5c2-41d1-ad41-fac4862894f2?source=cve Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-6256 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 12, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feeds-for-youtube/trunk/js/sb-youtube.js No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feeds-for-youtube/trunk/js/sb-youtube.js Product
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3107577/ No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3107577/ Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/228fab65-e5c2-41d1-ad41-fac4862894f2?source=cve No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/228fab65-e5c2-41d1-ad41-fac4862894f2?source=cve Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:smashballoon:feeds_for_youtube:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.2.2
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jul. 11, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'youtube-feed' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
    Added Reference Wordfence https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/228fab65-e5c2-41d1-ad41-fac4862894f2?source=cve [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feeds-for-youtube/trunk/js/sb-youtube.js [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3107577/ [No types assigned]
    Added CVSS V3.1 Wordfence AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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