Medium severity · published Mar 14, 2024
CVE-2024-2256
The oik plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcodes such as bw_contact_button and bw_button shortcodes in all versions up to, and…
5.4
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The oik plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcodes such as bw_contact_button and bw_button shortcodes in all versions up to, and including, 4.10.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions 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:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OI
Oik · Bobbingwide
before 4.10.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2256
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2256
Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3049746%40oik&new=3049746%40oik&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Product
https://www.oik-plugins.com/shortcode_example/bw_contact_button-security-fix/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1266c6df-214b-4b6b-8f1d-a67385469bf5?source=cve
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