CVE-2011-4618

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-01-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in advancedtext.php in Advanced Text Widget plugin before 2.0.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the page parameter.

Affected products

Simplerealtytheme Advanced Text Widget Plugin: through 2.0.1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-04/0119.html
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=466102%40advanced-text-widget&old=465828%40advanced-text-widget
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-text-widget/changelog/
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-advanced-text-widget-plugin-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520589
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50744
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71412
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-04/0119.html
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=466102%40advanced-text-widget&old=465828%40advanced-text-widget
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-text-widget/changelog/
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-advanced-text-widget-plugin-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities

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