CVE-2024-2956

The Simple Ajax Chat – Add a Fast, Secure Chat Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 20231101 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

CVSS v3 4.4 MEDIUM

4.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3037001%40simple-ajax-chat&new=3037001%40simple-ajax-chat&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9e9e0214-b88e-4125-8c10-850ca736e920?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3037001%40simple-ajax-chat&new=3037001%40simple-ajax-chat&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9e9e0214-b88e-4125-8c10-850ca736e920?source=cve

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-03-27 08:15

Updated : 2026-06-17 07:25

NVD link : CVE-2024-2956

Mitre link : CVE-2024-2956

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-2956

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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