Description
The Modal Window – create popup modal window plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode(s) in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.8 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.
Published: 2024-04-09
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-27406 The Modal Window – create popup modal window plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode(s) in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.8 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.
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Modal Window – create popup modal window <= 5.3.8 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 09 Jul 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wow-company
Wow-company modal Window
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wow-company:modal_window:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Wow-company
Wow-company modal Window

Subscriptions

Wow-company Modal Window
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:01:07.657Z

Reserved: 2024-03-14T15:57:26.375Z

Link: CVE-2024-2457

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T19:11:53.578Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-04-09T19:15:34.193

Modified: 2026-04-08T18:21:05.997

Link: CVE-2024-2457

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Weaknesses