CVE-2024-0951 Advanced Social Feeds Widget & Shortcode <= 1.7 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admin users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Advanced Social Feeds Widget plugin, bypassing unfiltered_html restrictions in multisite setups.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-0951?
CVE-2024-0951 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Advanced Social Feeds Widget & Shortcode, published on 18 Mar 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Advanced Social Feeds Widget & Shortcode WordPress plugin through 1.7 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)
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0951?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Shahaji9 Advanced Social Feeds Widget \& Shortcode.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0951?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0951 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-2024-0951 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0951 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vf74-j427-jc3g.