CVE-2024-0973 Widget for Social Page Feeds < 6.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admin users can inject malicious scripts via plugin settings, enabling stored XSS attacks in multisite environments where unfiltered HTML is disabled.
- 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-2024-0973?
CVE-2024-0973 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Widget for Social Page Feeds, 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 Widget for Social Page Feeds WordPress plugin before 6.4 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-2024-0973?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Patelmilap Widget for Social Page Feeds.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0973?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0973 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-2024-0973 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0973 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Widget for Social Page Feeds
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vmmc-658q-cfx9.