CVE-2021-24958: Meks Easy Photo Feed Widget < 1.2.4 - Subscriber+ Settings Update to Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-03-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Meks Easy Photo Feed Widget WordPress plugin before 1.2.4 does not have capability and CSRF checks in the meks_save_business_selected_account AJAX action, available to any authenticated user, and does not escape some of the settings. As a result, any authenticated user, such as subscriber could update the plugin's settings and put Cross-Site Scripting payloads in them

Affected products

Meks Easy Photo Feed Widget: before 1.2.4 — fixed in 1.2.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Meks Easy Photo Feed Widget 1.2.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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