System Dashboard, CVE-2024-12299

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-12299
Home page URL: Security reports for System Dashboard
Application: System Dashboard
Published on: Jan 30, 2025
Research Description: The System Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the Filename parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.15 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick an administrative user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected versions: Min -, max 2.8.18.
Status: vulnerable