amCharts: Charts and Maps <= 1.4.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Cross-Site Request Forgery

6.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2024-8622
CVSS 6.1 (Medium)
Publicly Published September 11, 2024
Last Updated September 12, 2024
Researcher Krzysztof Zając - CERT PL

Description

The amCharts: Charts and Maps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'amcharts_javascript' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.4 due to the ability to supply arbitrary JavaScript a lack of nonce validation on the preview functionality. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Wordfence blocked 20,450,017 attacks targeting this vulnerability in the past 24 hours.

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Vulnerability Details for amCharts: Charts and Maps

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug amcharts-charts-and-maps (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.4.5, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.4.4
Patched Version
  • 1.4.5

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