Password Protected <= 2.6.6 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

4.4
Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
CVE CVE-2024-0656
CVSS 4.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published February 19, 2024
Last Updated February 20, 2024
Researcher Felipe Restrepo Rodriguez (pfelilpe) - Pfelilpe

Description

The Password Protected – Ultimate Plugin to Password Protect Your WordPress Content with Ease plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Google Captcha Site Key in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, 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.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug password-protected (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.6.7, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.6.6
Patched Version
  • 2.6.7

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