Stored Cross-Site Scripting in WP Wiki Tooltip Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-13462

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
WP Wiki Tooltip
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 February 2025

What is CVE-2024-13462?

The WP Wiki Tooltip plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability via the 'wiki' shortcode. This issue arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes, allowing authenticated users with contributor-level permissions and above to inject arbitrary web scripts. These scripts can execute whenever a user accesses an affected page, posing significant risks to site security and user trust.

Affected Version(s)

WP Wiki Tooltip 0 <= 2.0.2

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-wiki-toolti...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-wiki-tooltip/

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

zakaria
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