CVE-2024-2324

FileOrganizer and FileOrganizer Pro <= 1.0.6 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2024-04-23 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 1.0.7
Affected Plugin: FileOrganizer – WordPress File Manager
Affected Version: <= 1.0.6
CVSS: 4.4Medium
Weakness type: CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE: CVE-2024-2324

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At a glance

CVE-2024-2324 is a medium-severity Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the FileOrganizer WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.0.6. It carries a CVSS score of 4.4 (reachable over the network). Exploitation requires an authenticated account. The issue is fixed in version 1.0.7; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed April 2024, reported by Nikolas.

Vulnerability Overview

The FileOrganizer – Manage WordPress and Website Files plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via svg file upload in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. For the free version, this is limited to administrators. The pro version is also vulnerable and exploitable by administrators, but also offers the functionality to lower level users (as low as subscribers) if enabled.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Reaching this weakness in FileOrganizer <= 1.0.6 takes any authenticated account. Cross-site scripting happens when input from a request is written into a page without being escaped for the context it lands in, so the browser parses attacker-supplied text as markup or script.

Injected script runs with the privileges of whoever views the affected page, which is how these flaws turn into administrator session theft, silent account creation or persistent backdoors in page content. For FileOrganizer the fix is 1.0.7: builds <= 1.0.6 are affected, anything from 1.0.7 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.0.7, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to FileOrganizer: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: FileOrganizer 1.0.7 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2324 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ffaefd79-57a7-43b8-af1c-e108567eba67 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2324

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CVSS Vector

4.4

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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