Medium severity · published Jun 28, 2024
CVE-2024-5662
Ultimate Post Kit Addons For Elementor – (Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider, Category List, Post Tabs, Timeline, Post Ticker, Tag Cloud) <= 3.11.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Social Count (Static) Widget
6.4
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Ultimate Post Kit Addons For Elementor – (Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider, Category List, Post Tabs, Timeline, Post Ticker, Tag Cloud) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘url’ parameter within the Social Count (Static) widget in all versions up to, and including, 3.11.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
UP
Ultimate Post Kit Addons for Elementor · bdthemes
through 3.11.7 · source: vendor
Affected product
UP
Ultimate Post Kit Addons for Elementor
bdthemes
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5662
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5662
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-post-kit/tags/3.11.5/modules/static-social-count/widgets/static-social-count.php#L800
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3106395/#file526
wordpress.org
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-post-kit/#developers
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/be9d977d-d7b2-4946-b107-35df176fbdf3?source=cve
