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)
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category Posts Plugin | category-posts-plugin-cve-2024-6158 | May 15, 2025 | Jul 19, 2024 | |
| Term And Category Based Posts Widget Plugin | term-and-category-based-posts-widget-plugin-cve-2024-6158 | May 15, 2025 | Jul 19, 2024 |
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