CVE-2024-12463: Arena.IM – Live Blogging for real-time events <= 0.3.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via arena_embed_amp Shortcode
Description
The Arena.IM – Live Blogging for real-time events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'arena_embed_amp' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.3.0 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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-12463
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.4
Affected Products
Vendor: arenaim
Product: Arena.IM – Live Blogging for real-time events
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 16.21% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/729492e8-5625-444f-84ed-36b72cebc722?source=cvehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/arena-liveblog-and-chat-tool/trunk/albfre.php#L216