Widget Bundle <= 2.0.0 - Unauthencated Reflected XSS

published 2024-06-21 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-44224

cvss: 6.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Widget Bundle WordPress plugin through 2.0.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against only unauthenticated users

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-08-09)

Exploit prediction

0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d203bf3b-aee9-4755-b429-d6bbdd940890/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CNA	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

Unknown Widget Bundle
devnath_verma widget_bundle

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

wpscan.com /vulnerability/d203bf3b-aee9-4755-b429-d6bbdd940890/
exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-4616
NVD CVE-2024-4616

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary