Medium severity4.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 19, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-1401
CVE-2024-1401
Description
The Profile Box Shortcode And Widget WordPress plugin before 1.2.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:a:awplife:profile_box_shortcode_and_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <1.2.1
- WordPress/Profile Box Shortcode And Widget WordPress plugindescription
- Range: <1.2.1
Patches
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References
1- wpscan.com/vulnerability/91064ba5-cf65-46e6-88df-0e4d96a3ef9f/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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