CVE-2024-6158
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CVE-2024-6158 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 4.8/10 on the CVSS scale. The Category Posts Widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.17, term-and-category-based-posts-widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.13 does not validate and escape some of its "Category Posts" widget settings before outputting them back in a page/post where the Widget is embed, 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). EPSS estimates a 0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
The Category Posts Widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.17, term-and-category-based-posts-widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.13 does not validate and escape some of its "Category Posts" widget settings before outputting them back in a page/post where the Widget is embed, 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)
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Tiptoppress | Term And Category Based Posts Widget | < 4.9.13 |
| Zephyrwest | Category Posts Widget | < 4.9.17 |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8adb219f-f0a6-4e87-8626-db26e300c220/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Analyzed
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