CVE-2024-0664 Meks Smart Social Widget <= 1.6.3 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Administrators can inject arbitrary scripts into WordPress pages via the Meks Smart Social Widget plugin, affecting multi-site or specific configurations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-0664?
CVE-2024-0664 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in mekshq Meks Smart Social Widget, published on 27 Jan 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Meks Smart Social Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Meks Smart Social Widget in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.3 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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0664?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mekshq Meks Smart Social Widget.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0664?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0664 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2024-0664 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0664 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8r89-2849-x8p3.