WordPress Meks Smart Social Widget plugin <= 1.6.4 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

published 2024-04-26 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-31405

cvss: 5.9; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Meks Meks Smart Social Widget allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Meks Smart Social Widget: from n/a through 1.6.4.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

mekshq meks_smart_social_widget 1.6.5

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-07-24)

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

Meks Meks Smart Social Widget

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/vulnerability/meks-smart-social-widget/wordpress-meks-smart-social-widget-plugin-1-6-4-cross-site-sc
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-33693
NVD CVE-2024-33693

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CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary