Stored XSS via cross-site request forgery
Published Nov 19, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in Awesome Shortcodes For Genesis 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to plant stored XSS through a privileged user. Patchstack has not disclosed the affected administrative action, request parameter, or missing validation that accepts and stores the script payload. Exploitation requires a privileged user to visit a crafted page or submit a malicious form; the stored script then runs in the context of later visitors.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in Awesome Shortcodes For Genesis 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to plant stored XSS through a privileged user. Patchstack has not disclosed the affected administrative action, request parameter, or missing validation that accepts and stores the script payload. Exploitation requires a privileged user to visit a crafted page or submit a malicious form; the stored script then runs in the context of later visitors.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-51638
- Published
- Nov 19, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- Sanjeev Mohindra
- Product
- Awesome Shortcodes For Genesis
- Classifications
- CWE-352, CAPEC-592, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 19, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=1.1.8
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