CVE-2024-6158 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Category Posts Widget and Term and Category Based Posts Widget WordPress plugins before versions 4.9.17 and 4.9.13 respectively. This flaw allows high-privilege users, such as administrators, to inject malicious scripts due to insufficient validation and escaping of widget settings. With a CVSS score of 4.8 (Medium), exploitation requires user interaction and can lead to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.9.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tiptoppress:term_and_category_based_posts_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
< 4.9.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:zephyrwest:category_posts_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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