CVE-2024-13657 Store Locator Widget <= 2025r1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the Store Locator Widget shortcode, leading to potential session hijacking or malicious actions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-13657?
CVE-2024-13657 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in store-locator-pro Store Locator Widget, published on 19 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Store Locator Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'storelocatorwidget' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2025r1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13657?
How do I fix CVE-2024-13657?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13657 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-2024-13657 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13657 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p93c-j757-8xx3.