CVE-2024-0559

MEDIUM EPSS 38.9%
Published Mar 11, 20242y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
6.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Mar 11, 2024 2y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

The Enhanced Text Widget WordPress plugin before 1.6.6 does not validate and escape some of its Widget options before outputting them back in attributes, 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)

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.5
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
2.5
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
38.9% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting Injection

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
inisevenhanced_text_widget* <1.6.6

References 2

  • research.cleantalk.org https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2024-0559/
    ExploitThird Party Advisory
  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b257daf2-9540-4a0f-a560-54b47d2b913f/
    ExploitThird Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.