XSS in Wpzoom Social Icons Widget
CVE-2024-2189
The Social Icons Widget & Block by WPZOOM WordPress plugin before 4.2.18 does not sanitise and escape some of its Widget 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 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (30.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 30.8% 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
- Wpzoom Social Icons Widget
- Social Icons Widget & Block By Wpzoom — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/b8661fbe-78b9-4d29-90bf-5b68af468eb6/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-2189?
- CVE-2024-2189 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpzoom Social Icons Widget, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-05-21.
- How severe is CVE-2024-2189?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.