The Smart Post Show WordPress plugin before 2.4.28 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)
History

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Shapedplugin
Shapedplugin smart Post Show
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:shapedplugin:smart_post_show:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Shapedplugin
Shapedplugin smart Post Show

Fri, 16 May 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 15 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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Description The Smart Post Show WordPress plugin before 2.4.28 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)
Title Post Grid, Post Carousel, & List Category Posts < 2.4.28 - Editor+ Stored XSS
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2025-05-15T20:09:44.958Z

Updated: 2025-05-16T16:31:44.176Z

Reserved: 2024-04-19T14:46:30.343Z

Link: CVE-2024-3996

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-16T16:31:33.804Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-05-15T20:15:53.950

Modified: 2025-06-04T20:35:03.570

Link: CVE-2024-3996

cve-icon Redhat

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