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CVE-2024-2256: oik <= 4.10.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 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: none known
• Published: 2024-03-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The oik plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcodes such as bw_contact_button and bw_button shortcodes in all versions up to, and including, 4.10.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected products

• bobbingwide oik: before 4.10.2 — fixed in 4.10.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: bobbingwide oik 4.10.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3049746%40oik&new=3049746%40oik&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.oik-plugins.com/shortcode_example/bw_contact_button-security-fix/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1266c6df-214b-4b6b-8f1d-a67385469bf5?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3049746%40oik&new=3049746%40oik&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.oik-plugins.com/shortcode_example/bw_contact_button-security-fix/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1266c6df-214b-4b6b-8f1d-a67385469bf5?source=cve

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