CVE-2024-0974

The Social Media Widget WordPress plugin before 4.0.9 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 v3 4.8 MEDIUM

4.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.7 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7f8e5e63-a928-443e-9771-8b3f51f5eb9e/	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7f8e5e63-a928-443e-9771-8b3f51f5eb9e/	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:bmwebproperties:social_media_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

10 Jun 2025, 15:54

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:bmwebproperties:social_media_widget::::::wordpress::*
CWE		CWE-79
First Time		Bmwebproperties social Media Widget Bmwebproperties
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7f8e5e63-a928-443e-9771-8b3f51f5eb9e/ -~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7f8e5e63-a928-443e-9771-8b3f51f5eb9e/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

21 Nov 2024, 08:47

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7f8e5e63-a928-443e-9771-8b3f51f5eb9e/ -~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7f8e5e63-a928-443e-9771-8b3f51f5eb9e/ -

12 Jul 2024, 16:11

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 4.8

12 Jul 2024, 12:49

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary		(es) El complemento Social Media Widget para WordPress anterior a 4.0.9 no sanitiza ni escapa a algunas de sus configuraciones, lo que podría permitir a usuarios con privilegios elevados, como el administrador, realizar ataques de Cross Site Scripting almacenado incluso cuando la capacidad unfiltered_html no está permitida (por ejemplo, en configuración multisitio).

12 Jul 2024, 06:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2024-07-12 06:15

Updated : 2025-06-10 15:54

NVD link : CVE-2024-0974

Mitre link : CVE-2024-0974

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-0974

JSON object : View

Products Affected

bmwebproperties

social_media_widget

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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4.8 /10