CVE-2024-11898

Summary

CVE-2024-11898 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability affecting the "Scratch & Win – Giveaways and Contests" plugin for WordPress. This issue, present in versions 2.6.9 and below, stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the plugin's 'swin-campaign' shortcode. Authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher can leverage this vulnerability to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages, leading to potential data theft or unauthorized actions when users access the injected pages.

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