Stored XSS via unescaped grid title setting
Published May 15, 2025 · Updated Nov 13, 2025
Stored cross-site scripting in ShapedPlugin LLC Smart Post Show before 2.4.28 allows remote authenticated users to run script in a viewer's browser. The grid editor accepts an HTML event-handler payload in the post title tag setting and stores it without sufficient sanitization or output escaping. Administrator-level access is required, and execution occurs when a page containing the affected grid shortcode is viewed.
Summary
What happened
Stored cross-site scripting in ShapedPlugin LLC Smart Post Show before 2.4.28 allows remote authenticated users to run script in a viewer's browser. The grid editor accepts an HTML event-handler payload in the post title tag setting and stores it without sufficient sanitization or output escaping. Administrator-level access is required, and execution occurs when a page containing the affected grid shortcode is viewed.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-3996
- Published
- May 15, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 13, 2025
- Vendor
- ShapedPlugin LLC
- Product
- Smart Post Show
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 15, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.4.28
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