PT-2024-37420 · WordPress · Term-And-Category-Based-Posts-Widget+1

Dmitry Ignatyev · Published 2024-08-09 · Updated 2024-08-13 · CVE-2024-6158

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: Category Posts Widget WordPress plugin versions prior to 4.9.17 term-and-category-based-posts-widget WordPress plugin versions prior to 4.9.13

Description: The issue concerns the failure to validate and escape certain "Category Posts" widget settings before they are outputted in a page or post where the widget is embedded. This could allow high-privilege users, such as administrators, to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks, even in scenarios where the unfiltered html capability is disallowed, such as in multisite setups.

Recommendations: For Category Posts Widget WordPress plugin versions prior to 4.9.17, update to version 4.9.17 or later. For term-and-category-based-posts-widget WordPress plugin versions prior to 4.9.13, update to version 4.9.13 or later.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-6158

Affected Products

Category Posts Widget

Term-And-Category-Based-Posts-Widget

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8adb219f-f0a6-4e87-8626-db26e300c220 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6158 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6158 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/90342 · Telegram Post