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
Link | Resource |
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https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8adb219f-f0a6-4e87-8626-db26e300c220/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
27 May 2025, 21:07
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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CWE | CWE-79 | |
First Time |
Tiptoppress term And Category Based Posts Widget
Tiptoppress Zephyrwest Zephyrwest category Posts Widget |
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CPE | cpe:2.3:a:zephyrwest:category_posts_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* cpe:2.3:a:tiptoppress:term_and_category_based_posts_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
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References | () https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8adb219f-f0a6-4e87-8626-db26e300c220/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory |
13 Aug 2024, 15:35
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 4.8 |
Summary |
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12 Aug 2024, 13:41
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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
JSON object : View
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')