PT-2024-15730 · WordPress · Meks Smart Social Widget

Arpeet Rathi + 1 · Published 2024-01-26 · Updated 2024-02-01 · CVE-2024-0664

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Meks Smart Social Widget plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.6.3

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Meks Smart Social Widget, caused by insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows authenticated attackers with administrator-level access to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages, which will execute when a user accesses an injected page. The issue only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered html has been disabled.

Recommendations For Meks Smart Social Widget plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.6.3, update to a version later than 1.6.3 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Meks Smart Social Widget to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-0664

Affected Products

Meks Smart Social Widget

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0664 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0664 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/722aae99-fcfb-4234-9245-5db57aaa03c5?source=cve · Patch
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3027347%40meks-smart-social-widget&new=3027347%40meks-smart-social-widget&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Patch
• https://twitter.com/RedPacketSec/status/1752634140376051761 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1751087006585651671 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/68991 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1751129877464355285 · Twitter Post