What is CVE-2024-0561?

CVE-2024-0561 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Inisev Ultimate_posts_widget, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-03-11.

How severe is CVE-2024-0561?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-0561 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Inisev Ultimate_posts_widget

CVE-2024-0561

The Ultimate Posts Widget WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 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 Sc…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (35.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Inisev Ultimate_posts_widget
Unknown Ultimate Posts Widget — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-0561?: CVE-2024-0561 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Inisev Ultimate_posts_widget, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-03-11.
How severe is CVE-2024-0561?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-0561 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.