CVE-2024-1401

Profile Box Shortcode And Widget < 1.2.1 Admin+ Stored XSS

The Profile Box Shortcode And Widget WordPress plugin before 1.2.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected

Profile Box Shortcode And Widget

CVSS v3.1 CNA

4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 34th percentile

Published

2024-03-19

Updated

2025-03-27

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/91064ba5-cf65-46e6-88df-0e4d96a3ef9f/

Security advisories

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/91064ba5-cf65-46e6-88df-0e4d96a3ef9f

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry