XSS in Tiptoppress Term And Category Based Posts Widget
CVE-2024-6158
The Category Posts Widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.17, term-and-category-based-posts-widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.13 does not validate and escape some of its "Category Posts" widget settings before outputting them back in a page/post where the Widget is embed, 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)
EPSS: 0.004 (36.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Tiptoppress Term_and_category_based_posts_widget
- Zephyrwest Category_posts_widget
- Unknown Category Posts Widget — versions 0
- Unknown Term-and-category-based-posts-widget — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-6158?
- CVE-2024-6158 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tiptoppress Term And Category Based Posts Widget, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-08-12.
- How severe is CVE-2024-6158?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-6158 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.