CVE-2024-9892: The Add Widget After Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and

medium Affects add-widget-after-content (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Add Widget After Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and

Package
add-widget-after-content (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<2.5
Fixed in
2.5
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.4
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (30.3th percentile)
Published
2024-10-18
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordadd-widget-after-content (WordPress plugin) advisories

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