What is CVE-2024-12207?

CVE-2024-12207 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Otwthemes Toggles Shortcode And Widget, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2025-01-07.

How severe is CVE-2024-12207?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-12207 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Otwthemes Toggles Shortcode And Widget

CVE-2024-12207

The Toggles Shortcode and Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘content’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.14 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (17.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Otwthemes Toggles Shortcode And Widget — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12207?: CVE-2024-12207 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Otwthemes Toggles Shortcode And Widget, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2025-01-07.
How severe is CVE-2024-12207?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-12207 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.