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CVE-2024-6158

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Published: Aug 12, 2024Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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4.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Exploitability: 1.7 / Impact: 2.7
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Description

The Category Posts Widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.17, term-and-category-based-posts-widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.13 does not validate and escape some of its "Category Posts" widget settings before outputting them back in a page/post where the Widget is embed, 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 (2)

Tiptoppress
1 product
Term And Category Based Posts Widget
Zephyrwest
1 product
Category Posts Widget
Configuration A
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Term And Category Based Posts Widget
Before 4.9.13
Category Posts Widget
Before 4.9.17

Related CWEs

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

References (1)

Source: contact@wpscan.com
ExploitThird Party Advisory

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