CVE-2024-5169 (GCVE-0-2024-5169)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-26 06:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 21:03
VLAI
Title
Video Widget <= 1.2.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Widget
Summary
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)
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f0de62e3-5e85-43… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Video Widget Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.2.3 (semver)
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nikohk video-widget Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.2.3 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:nikohk:video-widget:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Bob Matyas WPScan
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