What is CVE-2024-12167?

CVE-2024-12167 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cmorillas1 Shortcodes Blocks Creator Ultimate, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-12-07.

How severe is CVE-2024-12167?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Cmorillas1 Shortcodes Blocks Creator Ultimate

CVE-2024-12167

The Shortcodes Blocks Creator Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the '_wpnonce' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (22.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Cmorillas1 Shortcodes Blocks Creator Ultimate — versions 0
Cmorillas1 Shortcodes_blocks_creator_ultimate

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12167?: CVE-2024-12167 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cmorillas1 Shortcodes Blocks Creator Ultimate, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-12-07.
How severe is CVE-2024-12167?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.