CVE-2024-0561

The Ultimate Posts Widget WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 does not validate and escape some of its Widget options before outputting them back in attributes, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/99b6aa8b-deb9-48f8-8896-f3c8118a4f70/	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/99b6aa8b-deb9-48f8-8896-f3c8118a4f70/	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:inisev:ultimate_posts_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-03-11 18:15

Updated : 2025-05-01 00:05

NVD link : CVE-2024-0561

Mitre link : CVE-2024-0561

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-0561

JSON object : View

Products Affected

inisev

ultimate_posts_widget

CWE

CWE-79

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

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