Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Precious Metals Charts and Widgets Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-13572

5.4MEDIUM

What is CVE-2024-13572?

The Precious Metals Charts and Widgets plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes within the 'nfusion-widget' shortcode. Authenticated users with contributor-level access or higher can exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary scripts into web pages. When these malicious scripts are executed by users visiting the affected pages, they can lead to unauthorized actions, data exposure, or account takeover.

Affected Version(s)

Precious Metals Charts and Widgets for WordPress * <= 1.2.8

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Peter Thaleikis
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CVE-2024-13572 : Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Precious Metals Charts and Widgets Plugin for WordPress