CVE-2024-1956 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The wpb-show-core WordPress plugin before 2.7 does not sanitise and escape the parameters before outputting it back in the response of an unauthenticated request, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00627.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

wpb-show-core

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.7

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpb_show_core_project:wpb_show_core:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Wpb Show Core Project Subscribe	Wpb Show Core Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d7034ac2-0098-48d2-9ba9-87e09b178f7d/

History

Mon, 19 May 2025 13:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Wpb Show Core Project Wpb Show Core Project wpb Show Core
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:wpb_show_core_project:wpb_show_core::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products		Wpb Show Core Project Wpb Show Core Project wpb Show Core

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-04-08T05:00:02.454Z

Updated: 2024-11-21T15:02:55.646Z

Reserved: 2024-02-27T20:16:44.209Z

Link: CVE-2024-1956

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T18:56:22.681Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-04-08T05:15:07.870

Modified: 2025-05-19T13:13:24.373

Link: CVE-2024-1956

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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