CVE-2024-9892
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
18/10/2024
Last modified:
08/04/2026
Description
The Add Widget After Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
4.40
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:arelthiaphillips:add_widget_after_content:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | 2.5 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-widget-after-content/trunk/add-widget-after-content-admin.php#L320
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3170427%40add-widget-after-content&new=3170427%40add-widget-after-content
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3170428%40add-widget-after-content&new=3170428%40add-widget-after-content
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e02472a8-5b88-43ad-86f3-e890b49899ad?source=cve



