Category Posts Widget Plugin up to 4.9.17 on WordPress Setting cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Category Posts Widget Plugin up to 4.9.17 on WordPress. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Setting Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-9638. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Category Posts Widget Plugin up to 4.9.17 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Category Posts Widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.18 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

The weakness was shared by Dmitrii Ignatyev. The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-9638 since 10/08/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Upgrading to version 4.9.18 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Category Posts Widget Plugin 4.9.18

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10/08/2024 🔍
01/07/2025 +91 days 🔍
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02/15/2025 +39 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Dmitrii Ignatyev
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-9638 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-9638
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-290404

Entryinfo

Created: 01/07/2025 07:51
Updated: 02/15/2025 14:09
Changes: 01/07/2025 07:51 (57), 01/07/2025 12:24 (1), 02/15/2025 14:09 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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