PT-2025-3706 · WordPress · List Category Posts

Dmitry Ignatyev · Published 2025-01-18 · Updated 2025-01-22 · CVE-2024-9020

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 List category posts WordPress plugin versions prior to 0.90.3

Description The issue concerns the List category posts WordPress plugin, where versions prior to 0.90.3 do 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.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.90.3, update to version 0.90.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the vulnerable shortcode attributes until a patch is available. Restrict access to the plugin's settings and shortcode embedding functionality to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-9020

Affected Products

List Category Posts

References · 8

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6caa4e5d-8112-4d00-8e97-b41df611a071 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9020 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9020 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/15782 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1880625635313570033 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/108217 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1880514477382107603 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/107851 · Telegram Post