WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

SoundCloud Shortcode < 4.0.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Description

The plugin does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
soundcloud-shortcode
Fixed in 4.0.2

References

CVE
CVE-2024-25936
URL
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/soundcloud-shortcode/wordpress-soundcloud-shortcode-plugin-4-0-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability

Classification

Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79
CVSS
5.9 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
LVT-tholv2k
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
0d12c863-9aa2-4901-bec8-ade5cfcc27ed

Timeline

Publicly Published
2024-02-26 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2024-02-28 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2024-03-05 (about 2 years ago)

Other

Published
Title
Published
2025-01-16
Title
Explara Membership <= 0.0.7 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Published
2024-05-21
Title
WPB Elementor Addons < 1.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter
Published
2024-08-07
Title
Card Elements for Elementor < 1.2.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Published
2025-07-15
Title
ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities < 5.9.5.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'pm_get_messenger_notification' function
Published
2022-06-20
Title
WP Event Manager < 3.1.28 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting