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CVE-2024-0561: The Ultimate Posts Widget WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 does not validate and escape some of its Widget options before outputting them back in attributes, which could allow high privilege users such a

medium Affects ultimate-posts-widget (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

The Ultimate Posts Widget WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 does not validate and escape some of its Widget options before outputting them back in attributes, which could allow high privilege users such a

Package
ultimate-posts-widget (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<2.3.1
Fixed in
2.3.1
Severity
medium  CVSS 5.4
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (38.3th percentile)
Published
2024-03-11
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordultimate-posts-widget (WordPress plugin) advisories

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