Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Dashboard Widgets Suite for WordPress
CVE-2024-0979

6.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Dashboard Widgets Suite
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 June 2024

Summary

The Dashboard Widgets Suite plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting all versions up to and including 3.4.3. This vulnerability arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping, enabling unauthenticated attackers to craft and inject arbitrary web scripts via the 'tab' parameter. If a user is tricked into clicking a malicious link, the injected script could be executed in the context of their session, compromising the integrity of the site and exposing sensitive information.

Affected Version(s)

Dashboard Widgets Suite * <= 3.4.3

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Krzysztof Zając
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