Vulnerability · Published Nov 6, 2024 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2024-7879WP ULike < 4.7.5 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Widgets
Medium 4.8
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in WP ULike from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The WP ULike WordPress plugin before 4.7.5 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as editors to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5ad1c40a-5e13-40b6-8652-c23a1f39abc2/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description