The WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons WordPress plugin before 9.8.1 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).
History

Wed, 14 May 2025 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Maxfoundry
Maxfoundry maxbuttons
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:maxfoundry:maxbuttons:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Maxfoundry
Maxfoundry maxbuttons

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 17:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-79
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 20 Dec 2024 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons WordPress plugin before 9.8.1 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).
Title MaxButtons < 9.8.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Text Color
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-12-20T06:00:04.888Z

Updated: 2024-12-20T16:58:57.823Z

Reserved: 2024-09-18T01:47:03.237Z

Link: CVE-2024-8968

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-12-20T16:58:47.599Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-12-20T06:15:23.110

Modified: 2025-05-14T16:19:25.023

Link: CVE-2024-8968

cve-icon Redhat

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