CVE-2024-5169 Video Widget <= 1.2.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Widget
Admin users can inject malicious scripts via Video Widget settings, enabling stored XSS attacks in multisite environments.
- 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-2024-5169?
CVE-2024-5169 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Video Widget, published on 26 Jun 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Video Widget WordPress plugin through 1.2.3 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-2024-5169?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nikodev Video Widget.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5169?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5169 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-2024-5169 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5169 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pw5j-63j7-2mhr.