# CVE-2024-37958: WordPress Meks Smart Author Widget plugin <= 1.1.4 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

> Stored XSS in Meks Smart Author Widget allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into WordPress sites, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vc6m-xrh4-qc8q

## What is CVE-2024-37958?

CVE-2024-37958 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Meks Smart Author Widget, published on 20 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Meks Meks Smart Author Widget allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Meks Smart Author Widget: from n/a through 1.1.4.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37958?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mekshq Meks Smart Author Widget.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-37958?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-37958 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-37958 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37958 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-37958 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-37958 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Meks Smart Author Widget, published on 20 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37958 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Meks Smart Author Widget. 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-2024-37958/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37958/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37958
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37958
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37958

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37958/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.