PT-2024-18205 · WordPress · Grid Shortcodes

Dmitry Ignatyev · Published 2024-03-11 · Updated 2025-03-27 · CVE-2024-1658

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Grid Shortcodes WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.1.1

Description The issue concerns the Grid Shortcodes WordPress plugin, which does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page or post where the shortcode is embedded. This could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. The attacks could potentially allow malicious scripts to be executed and may enable the creation of admin accounts using a simple shortcode.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.1.1, update to version 1.1.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of shortcodes to minimize the risk of exploitation. Additionally, limiting user roles and permissions can help reduce the potential impact of this issue until a patch is applied.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-1658

Affected Products

Grid Shortcodes

References · 8

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9489925e-5a47-4608-90a2-0139c5e1c43c · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1658 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1658 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/74153 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1769794349028577740 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1769747138953499030 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/116639 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/cleantalkcloud/status/1767094608381505976 · Twitter Post