CVE-2024-1956: WPB Show Core < 2.7 - Reflected XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-04-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The wpb-show-core WordPress plugin before 2.7 does not sanitise and escape the parameters before outputting it back in the response of an unauthenticated request, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Affected products

wpb-show-core: before 2.7 — fixed in 2.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wpb-show-core 2.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d7034ac2-0098-48d2-9ba9-87e09b178f7d/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d7034ac2-0098-48d2-9ba9-87e09b178f7d/

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