Published:2024/11/26  Last Updated:2024/11/26

JVN#87182660
WordPress Plugin "WP Admin UI Customize" vulnerable to cross-site scripting

Overview

WordPress Plugin "WP Admin UI Customize" contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Products Affected

  • WP Admin UI Customize versions prior to ver 1.5.14

Description

WordPress Plugin "WP Admin UI Customize" provided by gqevu6bsiz contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability (CWE-79).

Impact

If a malicious admin user customizes the admin screen with some malicious contents, an arbitrary script may be executed on the web browser of the other users who are accessing the admin screen.

Solution

Update the plugin
Update the plugin according to the information provided by the developer.
The developer has released the following version that addresses this vulnerability.

  • WP Admin UI Customize ver 1.5.14

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

CVSS v3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Base Score: 4.8
Attack Vector(AV) Physical (P) Local (L) Adjacent (A) Network (N)
Attack Complexity(AC) High (H) Low (L)
Privileges Required(PR) High (H) Low (L) None (N)
User Interaction(UI) Required (R) None (N)
Scope(S) Unchanged (U) Changed (C)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Low (L) High (H)

Credit

Ibuki Sato reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE CVE-2024-53278
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2024-000121