CVE-2024-9020: List category posts < 0.90.3 - Author+ Stored XSS

Description

The List category posts WordPress plugin before 0.90.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-9020

Affected Products

Vendor: Unknown

Product: List category posts

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 11.66% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-16 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6caa4e5d-8112-4d00-8e97-b41df611a071/

Timeline