CVE-2024-5169

Video Widget <= 1.2.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Widget

The Video Widget WordPress plugin through 1.2.3 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

Video Widget

CVSS v3.1 NVD

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

CVSS v3.1 CNA

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

EPSS

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 33rd percentile

Published

2024-06-26

Updated

2024-08-01

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f0de62e3-5e85-43f3-8e3e-e816dafb1406/

Security advisories

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f0de62e3-5e85-43f3-8e3e-e816dafb1406

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry