CVE-2024-6158 Category Posts Widget (Free < 4.9.17, Pro < 4.9.13) - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admins can inject malicious scripts via widget settings, leading to stored XSS attacks in WordPress sites.
- 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-2024-6158?
CVE-2024-6158 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Category Posts Widget, published on 9 Aug 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Category Posts Widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.17, term-and-category-based-posts-widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.13 does not validate and escape some of its "Category Posts" widget settings before outputting them back in a page/post where the Widget is embed, 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-2024-6158?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Tiptoppress Term and Category Based Posts Widget, Zephyrwest Category Posts Widget.
How do I fix CVE-2024-6158?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6158 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-2024-6158 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6158 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pc7f-4968-m375.