PT-2025-3730 · WordPress · Category Posts Widget

Dmitry Ignatyev · Published 2025-01-07 · Updated 2025-01-07 · CVE-2024-9638

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 4.9.18

Description The issue allows high privilege users, such as admins, to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. This can occur even when the unfiltered html capability is disallowed, for example, in a multisite setup. The problem arises because some settings are not properly sanitised and escaped.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.9.18, update to version 4.9.18 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the plugin's settings to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-9638

Affected Products

Category Posts Widget

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/119d5249-48e4-429e-8a1d-ad112e0c966d · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9638 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9638 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1876522555106054242 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/14467 · Telegram Post