CVE-2024-2347: Astra <= 4.6.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Display Name

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-04-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Astra theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via a user's display name in all versions up to, and including, 4.6.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected products

Brainstorm Force Astra Bulk Edit: through 4.6.8

References

https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/221725/astra
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ed914e67-4cf7-49b1-96be-ed8c604e6dce?source=cve
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/221725/astra
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ed914e67-4cf7-49b1-96be-ed8c604e6dce?source=cve

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