CVE-2024-12453
CVSS 3.1 Score 6.4 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Jan 7, 2025
CWE ID 79
Summary
CVE-2024-12453 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Uptodown APK Download Widget plugin for WordPress. This issue, present in all versions up to 0.1.2, is caused by inadequate input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the plugin's 'utd-widget' shortcode. Consequently, authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher can inject malicious web scripts. These scripts will be executed whenever a user accesses an injected page, posing a significant security risk.
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