CVE-2024-4970 Widget Bundle <= 2.0.0 - Admin+ Stored XSS

2024-06-2106:00:05

WPScan

github.com

cve-2024-4970

widget bundle

wordpress

stored xss

admin

cross-site scripting

settings

privilege escalation

unfiltered_html

multisite.

AI Score

5.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

14.1%

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

Technical Impact

partial

JSON

The Widget Bundle WordPress plugin through 2.0.0 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)

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "Unknown",
    "product": "Widget Bundle",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "2.0.0"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  }
]