Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Testimonials Widget Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-4705

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Testimonials Widget
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 June 2024

What is CVE-2024-4705?

The Testimonials Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's testimonials shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected Version(s)

Testimonials Widget * <= 4.0.4

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/testimonials-w...

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

Credit

Matthew Rollings
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