Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Ketchup Shortcodes Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-13590

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Ketchup Shortcodes
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 January 2025

Summary

The Ketchup Shortcodes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping in its 'spacer' shortcode. This vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 0.1.2. Authenticated attackers with contributor-level access can exploit this flaw to inject arbitrary web scripts. These scripts will execute in the browsers of users viewing the modified pages, potentially leading to data theft and unauthorized actions.

Affected Version(s)

Ketchup Shortcodes * <= 0.1.2

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3222176/

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

zakaria
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