CVE-2024-0559

Enhanced Text Widget < 1.6.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Published Mar 11, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Enhanced Text Widget WordPress plugin before 1.6.6 does not validate and escape some of its Widget options before outputting them back in attributes, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-16352 The Enhanced Text Widget WordPress plugin before 1.6.6 does not validate and escape some of its Widget options before outputting them back in attributes, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Inisev
Inisev enhanced Text Widget
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:inisev:enhanced_text_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Inisev
Inisev enhanced Text Widget
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Themecheck
Themecheck enhanced Text Widget
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:themecheck:enhanced_text_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Themecheck
Themecheck enhanced Text Widget
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Mar 20, 2025, 6:48 PM
Reserved
Jan 15, 2024, 10:56 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 11, 2024, 6:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:53 AM