6.4
MEDIUM
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 :

May 24, 2024, 1:15 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

3.1
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-4783 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2024-4783.

URL Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-t-countdown-widget/trunk/countdown-timer.php#L768
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/78eeef12-123b-42f6-b446-c3f2d43153fd?source=cve

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2024-4783 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • Cybersecurity News
Plane Project Management Tool Patches Critical SSRF Flaw – CVE-2024-47830 (CVSS 9.3)

A critical security vulnerability has been discovered and patched in Plane, a popular open-source project management tool. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-47830 and assigned a CVSS score of ... Read more

Published Date: Oct 14, 2024 (4 days, 20 hours ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-4783 vulnerability over time.

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  • 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
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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