CVE-2024-5169 Video Widget <= 1.2.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Widget

2024-06-2606:00:04

WPScan

github.com

video widget

stored xss

wordpress plugin

admin privilege

AI Score

5.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

14.0%

SSVC

Exploitation

poc

Automatable

Technical Impact

partial

JSON

The Video Widget WordPress plugin through 1.2.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, 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)

ADP Affected

[
  {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:nikohk:video-widget:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "vendor": "nikohk",
    "product": "video-widget",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "custom",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "1.2.3"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unknown"
  }
]