CVE-2024-13572: Precious Metals Charts and Widgets for WordPress <= 1.2.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-site Scripting
Description
The Precious Metals Charts and Widgets for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'nfusion-widget' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.8 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-2024-13572
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.4
Affected Products
Vendor: nfusionsolutions
Product: Precious Metals Charts and Widgets for WordPress
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 16.49% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-02-25 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3f2c8c5f-2017-4b22-a864-dc142b3b1afb?source=cvehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3227123%40precious-metals-chart-and-widgets&new=3227123%40precious-metals-chart-and-widgets&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=