The List category posts WordPress plugin before 0.90.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
History

Tue, 13 May 2025 21:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Fernandobriano
Fernandobriano list Category Posts
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:fernandobriano:list_category_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Fernandobriano
Fernandobriano list Category Posts

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

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


Sat, 18 Jan 2025 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The List category posts WordPress plugin before 0.90.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Title List category posts < 0.90.3 - Author+ Stored XSS
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2025-01-18T06:00:05.173Z

Updated: 2025-01-22T14:18:23.161Z

Reserved: 2024-09-19T20:37:34.048Z

Link: CVE-2024-9020

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-01-22T14:18:03.171Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-01-18T06:15:27.787

Modified: 2025-05-13T21:23:17.843

Link: CVE-2024-9020

cve-icon Redhat

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