WP GeoNames, CVE-2024-11757

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-11757
Home page URL: Security reports for WP GeoNames
Application: WP GeoNames
Published on: Dec 12, 2024
Research Description: The WP GeoNames plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'wp-geonames' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected versions: max 1.9.1.
Status: vulnerable