PT-2024-15931 · WordPress · The Advanced Social Feeds Widget & Shortcode

Dmtrii Ignatyev · Published 2024-03-18 · Updated 2024-03-18 · CVE-2024-0951

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 The Advanced Social Feeds Widget & Shortcode WordPress plugin versions 1.7 and earlier

Description The issue concerns the lack of sanitization and escaping of some settings in the plugin, which could allow high-privilege users, such as admins, to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. This is possible even when the unfiltered html capability is disallowed, for example, in a multisite setup.

Recommendations For The Advanced Social Feeds Widget & Shortcode WordPress plugin version 1.7 and earlier, update to a version that addresses the sanitization and escaping of settings to prevent Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-0951

Affected Products

The Advanced Social Feeds Widget & Shortcode

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/88b2e479-eb15-4213-9df8-3d353074974e · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0951 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0951 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1769826034235720072 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1769827823500316961 · Twitter Post