VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2024-1401
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…
MEDIUM 4.8EPSS 0.42%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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)
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 35th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- awplife/profile box shortcode and widget
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/91064ba5-cf65-46e6-88df-0e4d96a3ef9f/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/91064ba5-cf65-46e6-88df-0e4d96a3ef9f/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.