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CVE-2024-5169

MEDIUM 4.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
June 26, 2024
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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)

Affected WordPress components

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown Video Widget — Up to and including 1.2.3
  • nikohk video-widget — Up to and including 1.2.3
  • nikodev video_widget — Up to and including 1.2.3

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f0de62e3-5e85-43f3-8e3e-e816dafb1406/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record