CVE-2024-11453: WordPress Pinterest Plugin – Make a Popup, User Profile, Masonry and Gallery Layout <= 1.8.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Sc...
Description
The WordPress Pinterest Plugin – Make a Popup, User Profile, Masonry and Gallery Layout plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'gs_pin_widget' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-11453
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.4
Affected Products
Vendor: samdani
Product: WordPress Pinterest Plugin – Make a Popup, User Profile, Masonry and Gallery Layout
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 24.01% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/425cd0be-d17e-4c2b-bf29-3b850905a88e?source=cvehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gs-pinterest-portfolio/tags/1.8.8/includes/shortcode.php#L202
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3200115/gs-pinterest-portfolio/trunk/includes/shortcode.php