Administrator-session script execution via reflected query parameter
Published Feb 4, 2025 · Updated Feb 4, 2025
Reflected XSS in tanng Giga Messenger – Express 2.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to run script in an administrator's browser. The wp-admin admin.php?page=giga route returns the _instance_id query parameter without sanitizing or escaping it before HTML output. Exploitation requires a high-privilege user to open a crafted URL, after which script runs in that user's WordPress session.
Summary
What happened
Reflected XSS in tanng Giga Messenger – Express 2.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to run script in an administrator's browser. The wp-admin admin.php?page=giga route returns the _instance_id query parameter without sanitizing or escaping it before HTML output. Exploitation requires a high-privilege user to open a crafted URL, after which script runs in that user's WordPress session.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-13328
- Published
- Feb 4, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 4, 2025
- Vendor
- tanng
- Product
- Giga Messenger – Express
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 4, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 4, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=2.3.1
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