CVE-2024-0973

The Widget for Social Page Feeds WordPress plugin before 6.4 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)

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/798de421-4814-46a9-a055-ebb95a7218ed/	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/798de421-4814-46a9-a055-ebb95a7218ed/	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:patelmilap:widget_for_social_page_feeds:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

05 May 2025, 18:53

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:patelmilap:widget_for_social_page_feeds::::::wordpress::*
CWE		CWE-79
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/798de421-4814-46a9-a055-ebb95a7218ed/ -~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/798de421-4814-46a9-a055-ebb95a7218ed/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
First Time		Patelmilap widget For Social Page Feeds Patelmilap

21 Nov 2024, 08:47

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/798de421-4814-46a9-a055-ebb95a7218ed/ -~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/798de421-4814-46a9-a055-ebb95a7218ed/ -

28 Aug 2024, 16:35

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 6.1
Summary		(es) El complemento Widget for Social Page Feeds de WordPress anterior a 6.4 no sanitiza ni escapa a algunas de sus configuraciones, lo que podría permitir a usuarios con privilegios elevados, como el administrador, realizar ataques de Cross-Site Scripting Almacenado incluso cuando la capacidad unfiltered_html no está permitida (por ejemplo, en una configuración multisitio).

18 Mar 2024, 19:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2024-03-18 19:15

Updated : 2025-05-05 18:53

NVD link : CVE-2024-0973

Mitre link : CVE-2024-0973

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-0973

JSON object : View

Products Affected

patelmilap

widget_for_social_page_feeds

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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