CVE-2024-0711 Buttons Shortcode and Widget <= 1.16 - Stored XSS via shortcode
Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode attributes, leading to stored XSS attacks on WordPress sites.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-0711?
CVE-2024-0711 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Buttons Shortcode and Widget, published on 18 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Buttons Shortcode and Widget WordPress plugin through 1.16 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0711?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Otwthemes Buttons Shortcode and Widget.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0711?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0711 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-2024-0711 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0711 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Buttons Shortcode and Widget
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7qhg-pm6h-rj98.