Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Perfect Portal Widgets Plugin by WordPress
CVE-2024-12527

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Perfect Portal Widgets
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 January 2025

What is CVE-2024-12527?

The Perfect Portal Widgets plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping. This vulnerability impacts all versions up to and including 3.0.3, allowing authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access or higher, to inject malicious web scripts through the 'perfect_portal_intake_form' shortcode. The injected scripts execute whenever a user visits an infected page, potentially leading to unwanted actions on behalf of unsuspecting users.

Affected Version(s)

Perfect Portal Widgets 0 <= 3.0.3

References

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

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Peter Thaleikis
.