CVE-2024-0951Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Stored XSS via unescaped widget CSS setting

Published Mar 18, 2024 · Updated Mar 27, 2025

Stored XSS in Shahaji Deshmukh Advanced Social Feeds Widget & Shortcode 1.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to run JavaScript. The widget CSS setting stores attacker-controlled text and later emits it into an HTML attribute without sanitization or output escaping. Administrator privileges are required, and exposure persists when unfiltered_html is disabled, including WordPress multisite; the script runs when a user interacts with the affected page.

CVSS severity4.8
Medium
EPSS probability0.38%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
Hinoki checkNot available
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Summary

What happened

Stored XSS in Shahaji Deshmukh Advanced Social Feeds Widget & Shortcode 1.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to run JavaScript. The widget CSS setting stores attacker-controlled text and later emits it into an HTML attribute without sanitization or output escaping. Administrator privileges are required, and exposure persists when unfiltered_html is disabled, including WordPress multisite; the script runs when a user interacts with the affected page.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-0951
Published
Mar 18, 2024
Updated
Mar 27, 2025
Vendor
Shahaji Deshmukh
Product
Advanced Social Feeds Widget & Shortcode
Classifications
CWE-79, T1059.007
Attack vector
network
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Mar 18, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Mar 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <=1.7

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Shahaji Deshmukh · Advanced Social Feeds Widget & Shortcodeversion=0 <=1.7

Published CVSS scores

4.8NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.8CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
T1059.007Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript

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