Vulnerability · Published Mar 18, 2024 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2024-0951Advanced Social Feeds Widget & Shortcode <= 1.7 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Medium 4.8
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Advanced Social Feeds Widget & Shortcode from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 67.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The Advanced Social Feeds Widget & Shortcode WordPress plugin through 1.7 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 products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Advanced Social Feeds Widget & Shortcode | 0 – through 1.7 |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/88b2e479-eb15-4213-9df8-3d353074974e/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description