CVE-2024-8968

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).

CVSS v3 4.7 MEDIUM

4.7^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cab4d23e-e857-4b2f-b1ca-fbafd37524e0/	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:maxfoundry:maxbuttons:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

14 May 2025, 16:19

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Maxfoundry maxbuttons Maxfoundry
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:maxfoundry:maxbuttons::::::wordpress::*
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cab4d23e-e857-4b2f-b1ca-fbafd37524e0/ -~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cab4d23e-e857-4b2f-b1ca-fbafd37524e0/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

20 Dec 2024, 17:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2024-12-20 06:15

Updated : 2025-05-14 16:19

NVD link : CVE-2024-8968

Mitre link : CVE-2024-8968

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-8968

JSON object : View

Products Affected

maxfoundry

maxbuttons

CWE

CWE-79

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

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4.7 /10