CVE-2024-0711

MEDIUM 6.1CVE-2024-0711 · Published 18/03/2024 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2024-0711 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability affecting buttons shortcode and widget (otwthemes).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.41%, higher than 35.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
buttons shortcode and widget otwthemes	`≤ 1.16`	No fix yet

Description

The Buttons Shortcode and Widget WordPress plugin through 1.16 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.

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/8e286c04-ef32-4af0-be78-d978999b2a90 · Exploit

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