XSS in Inisev Enhanced Text Widget
CVE-2024-0559
The Enhanced Text Widget WordPress plugin before 1.6.6 does not validate and escape some of its Widget options before outputting them back in attributes, 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)
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.005 (39.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Inisev Enhanced_text_widget
- Unknown Enhanced Text Widget — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
- contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-0559?
- CVE-2024-0559 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Inisev Enhanced Text Widget, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-03-11.
- How severe is CVE-2024-0559?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-0559 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.