CVE-2024-12818
CVSS 3.1 Score 6.4 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Jan 15, 2025
CWE ID 79
Summary
CVE-2024-12818 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the WP Smart TV plugin for WordPress. The issue lies in the 'tv-video-player' shortcode, which fails to properly sanitize and escape user-supplied attributes in all versions up to 2.1.8. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious web scripts. These scripts will execute whenever an unsuspecting user accesses an injected page, posing a significant security risk.
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