CVE-2024-6158

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)
References
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:tiptoppress:term_and_category_based_posts_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:zephyrwest:category_posts_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

27 May 2025, 21:07

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-79
First Time Tiptoppress term And Category Based Posts Widget
Tiptoppress
Zephyrwest
Zephyrwest category Posts Widget
CPE cpe:2.3:a:zephyrwest:category_posts_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tiptoppress:term_and_category_based_posts_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
References () https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8adb219f-f0a6-4e87-8626-db26e300c220/ - () https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8adb219f-f0a6-4e87-8626-db26e300c220/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

13 Aug 2024, 15:35

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 4.8
Summary
  • (es) El complemento Category Posts Widget de WordPress anterior a 4.9.17, el complemento term-and-category-based-posts-widget de WordPress anterior a 4.9.13 no valida ni escapa algunas de las configuraciones del widget de "Publicaciones de categoría" antes de devolverlas a una página/ publicar donde está incrustado el widget, 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 una configuración multisitio).

12 Aug 2024, 13:41

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2024-08-12 13:38

Updated : 2025-05-27 21:07


NVD link : CVE-2024-6158

Mitre link : CVE-2024-6158

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-6158


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Products Affected

tiptoppress

  • term_and_category_based_posts_widget

zephyrwest

  • category_posts_widget
CWE
CWE-79

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