CVE-2024-5169 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Video Widget WordPress plugin through 1.2.3 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)

Published: 2024-06-26

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Video Widget

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 1.2.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nikodev:video_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00399.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f0de62e3-5e85-43f3-8e3e-e816dafb1406/

History

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Subscriptions

Nikodev Video Widget

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-06-26T06:00:04.539Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:03:11.041Z

Reserved: 2024-05-21T12:32:35.930Z

Link: CVE-2024-5169

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:03:11.041Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-06-26T06:15:16.543

Modified: 2026-06-17T08:15:20.270

Link: CVE-2024-5169

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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