CVE-2024-0711 Buttons Shortcode and Widget <= 1.16 - Stored XSS via shortcode

2024-03-1819:05:51

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cve-2024-0711

wordpress

stored xss

5.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.1%

JSON

The Buttons Shortcode and Widget WordPress plugin through 1.16 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "Unknown",
    "product": "Buttons Shortcode and Widget",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "1.16"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "collectionURL": "https://wordpress.org/plugins"
  }
]

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/8e286c04-ef32-4af0-be78-d978999b2a90/