Recent Posts Widget Extended <= 0.9.9.3 - Cross Site-Scripting

4.8
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSS 4.8 (Medium)
Publicly Published October 19, 2015
Last Updated December 5, 2022

Description

The Recent Posts Widget Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 0.9.9.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser.

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Vulnerability Details for Recent Posts Widget Extended

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug recent-posts-widget-extended (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 0.9.9.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 0.9.9.3
Patched Version
  • 0.9.9.4

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