CVE-2024-3978 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The WordPress Jitsi Shortcode WordPress plugin through 0.1 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

Published: 2024-06-14

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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

WordPress Jitsi Shortcode

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 0.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:andrewabarber:wordpress_jitsi_shortcode:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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 0.00357.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a9f47d11-47ac-4998-a82a-dc2f3b0decdf/

History

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Subscriptions

Andrewabarber Wordpress Jitsi Shortcode

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-06-14T06:00:03.710Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:26:57.200Z

Reserved: 2024-04-19T12:35:30.229Z

Link: CVE-2024-3978

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:26:57.200Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-06-14T06:15:12.520

Modified: 2026-06-17T07:45:35.610

Link: CVE-2024-3978

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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