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CVE-2024-3978: WordPress Jitsi Shortcode <= 0.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS 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: yes
• Published: 2024-06-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WordPress Jitsi Shortcode WordPress plugin through 0.1 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

• WordPress Jitsi Shortcode: through 0.1

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a9f47d11-47ac-4998-a82a-dc2f3b0decdf/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a9f47d11-47ac-4998-a82a-dc2f3b0decdf/

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