# CVE-2024-1956: WPB Show Core < 2.7 - Reflected XSS

> Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary scripts via reflected XSS in the WPB Show Core plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 21 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v5gh-4369-4w97

## What is CVE-2024-1956?

CVE-2024-1956 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown wpb-show-core, published on 8 Apr 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 wpb-show-core WordPress plugin before 2.7 does not sanitise and escape the parameters before outputting it back in the response of an unauthenticated request, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1956?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpb Show Core Project Wpb Show Core.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1956?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1956 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1956 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1956 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown wpb-show-core

- [CVE-2023-4922](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4922/): WPB Show Core <= 2.2 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-5974](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5974/): WPB Show Core <= 2.2 - Unauthenticated Server Side Request Forgery (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-3484](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3484/): WPB Show Core - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-1958](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1958/): WPB Show Core < 2.7 - Reflected XSS (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2024-1292](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1292/): WPB Show Core < 2.6 - Reflected XSS (medium 4.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1956 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1956 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown wpb-show-core, published on 8 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1956 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown wpb-show-core. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1956/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1956/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1956
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1956
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1956

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1956/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.