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CVE-2024-0711: Buttons Shortcode and Widget <= 1.16 - Stored XSS via shortcode

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-03-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Buttons Shortcode and Widget WordPress plugin through 1.16 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.

Affected products

• OTWthemes.com Buttons Shortcode and Widget: through 1.16

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8e286c04-ef32-4af0-be78-d978999b2a90/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8e286c04-ef32-4af0-be78-d978999b2a90/

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