CVE-2024-4783
WordPress jQuery T(-) Countdown Widget Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Description
The jQuery T(-) Countdown Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's tminus shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.25 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.
INFO
Published Date :
May 23, 2024, 2:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 9:43 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.7
Exploitability Score :
3.1
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2024-4783
vulnerability.
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No affected product recoded yet
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2024-4783 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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Cybersecurity News
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Cybersecurity News
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Cybersecurity News
Atlassian Confluence Vulnerability CVE-2023-22527 Exploited for Cryptomining
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Cybersecurity News
Cisco Investigates Potential Data Exposure, Confirms No Breach of Internal Systems
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Cybersecurity News
Plane Project Management Tool Patches Critical SSRF Flaw – CVE-2024-47830 (CVSS 9.3)
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CVE-2024-4783 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-t-countdown-widget/trunk/countdown-timer.php#L768 Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/78eeef12-123b-42f6-b446-c3f2d43153fd?source=cve -
CVE Received by [email protected]
May. 23, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description The jQuery T(-) Countdown Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's tminus shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.25 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. Added Reference Wordfence https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/78eeef12-123b-42f6-b446-c3f2d43153fd?source=cve [No types assigned] Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-t-countdown-widget/trunk/countdown-timer.php#L768 [No types assigned] Added CVSS V3.1 Wordfence AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-4783 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-4783
weaknesses.