CVE-2024-0873

The Watu Quiz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'watu-basic-chart' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CVSS v3 6.4 MEDIUM

6.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3036986/	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c31732fa-eb35-4932-bee6-08955a14b010?source=cve	Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3036986/	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c31732fa-eb35-4932-bee6-08955a14b010?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:kibokolabs:watu_quiz:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

17 Jul 2025, 17:06

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-79
First Time		Kibokolabs Kibokolabs watu Quiz
References	~~() https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3036986/ -~~	() https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3036986/ - Patch
References	~~() https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c31732fa-eb35-4932-bee6-08955a14b010?source=cve -~~	() https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c31732fa-eb35-4932-bee6-08955a14b010?source=cve - Third Party Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:kibokolabs:watu_quiz::::::wordpress::*

Information

Published : 2024-04-09 19:15

Updated : 2025-07-17 17:06

NVD link : CVE-2024-0873

Mitre link : CVE-2024-0873

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-0873

JSON object : View

Products Affected

kibokolabs

watu_quiz

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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