Stored XSS via unsanitized TinyMCE block content
Published Jul 13, 2024 · Updated Aug 1, 2024
Stored XSS in Metaphor Creations Ditty before 3.1.43 allows remote authenticated users with Author access to inject script through TinyMCE block content. The plugin stores the TinyMCE block main text without sufficient sanitization or output escaping, so an image error handler executes when rendered. Author-level access is required, and a viewer must load the affected Ditty content for the injected JavaScript to run in that viewer's browser.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Metaphor Creations Ditty before 3.1.43 allows remote authenticated users with Author access to inject script through TinyMCE block content. The plugin stores the TinyMCE block main text without sufficient sanitization or output escaping, so an image error handler executes when rendered. Author-level access is required, and a viewer must load the affected Ditty content for the injected JavaScript to run in that viewer's browser.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-5575
- Published
- Jul 13, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 1, 2024
- Vendor
- Metaphor Creations
- Product
- Ditty
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 13, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 1, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
Present is not the same as exploitable
Compare your product and version with the public record. A matching version still requires validation against your environment.
Is a vulnerable build present?
Compare these published version ranges with your installed build and any vendor patches.
- Affected versionversion=0 <3.1.43
- Affected versionversion=1.0.2 <3.1.43
What conditions does exploitation require?
What is affected?
Published CVSS scores
CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.
Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
Daily unique IPs observed by Shadowserver honeypots for known exploited vulnerabilities (KEVs). Missing observations do not establish an absence of attacks.
Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- WPScan TinyMCE block stored-XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
Labels summarize the accepted research assessment. They do not indicate a test against your environment.
Technologies
Your stack
See the directory against your own environment.
Your stack
Check the software in your environment
Book a demo to see how Hinoki identifies affected software and validates exploitability in your environment.
Book a demo