XSS in Awplife Profile Box Shortcode And Widget
CVE-2024-1401
The Profile Box Shortcode And Widget WordPress plugin before 1.2.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, 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)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (33.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 33.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Awplife Profile Box Shortcode And Widget
- Profile Box Shortcode And Widget — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/91064ba5-cf65-46e6-88df-0e4d96a3ef9f/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-1401?
- CVE-2024-1401 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Awplife Profile Box Shortcode And Widget, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-03-19.
- How severe is CVE-2024-1401?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-1401 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.