Stored script injection via forged settings update
Published Dec 16, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in Ecommerce Templates ECT Social Share 1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to store malicious scripts. The plugin's settings-update function omits or incorrectly performs WordPress nonce validation, allowing a forged request to save attacker-controlled script content. Exploitation requires a site administrator to follow a crafted link or submit a forged form; the stored script then executes in affected page views.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in Ecommerce Templates ECT Social Share 1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to store malicious scripts. The plugin's settings-update function omits or incorrectly performs WordPress nonce validation, allowing a forged request to save attacker-controlled script content. Exploitation requires a site administrator to follow a crafted link or submit a forged form; the stored script then executes in affected page views.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-54405
- Published
- Dec 16, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- Ecommerce Templates
- Product
- ECT Social Share
- Classifications
- CWE-352, CAPEC-592, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 16, 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 <=1.3
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