CVE-2024-5224 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Easy Social Like Box – Popup – Sidebar Widget WordPress plugin, affecting all versions up to 4.0. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious web scripts through the 'cardoza_facebook_like_box' shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization. Rated with a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), successful exploitation could lead to client-side script execution when a user views an affected page, resulting in limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:johnnash1975:easy_social_like_box_popup_sidebar_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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