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Wp Special Textboxes Vulnerabilities

6 known security issues reported for the Wp Special Textboxes WordPress plugin. Most recent disclosed Sep 25, 2024.

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Special Text Boxes [wp-special-textboxes] < 6.2.5

unknown

[en] The The Special Text Boxes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 6.2.2. This is due to the plugin adding the filter add_filter('comment_text', 'do_shortcode'); which will run all shortcodes in comments. This makes it possible for unauthenticated a...

Affected:
up to 6.2.5
Fixed in:
6.2.5
Disclosed:
Sep 25, 2024

CVE-2024-8481 on NVD →

Special Text Boxes <= 6.2.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

high

The The Special Text Boxes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 6.2.4. This is due to the plugin adding the filter add_filter('comment_text', 'do_shortcode'); which will run all shortcodes in comments. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attack...

CVSS:
7.3
Affected:
up to 6.2.4
Fixed in:
6.2.5
Disclosed:
Sep 24, 2024

CVE-2024-8481 on NVD →

Special Text Boxes <= 5.9.110 - Cross-Site Scripting

medium

The Special Text Boxes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via several parameters in versions up to, and including, 5.9.110 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that exec...

CVSS:
6.1
Affected:
up to 5.9.110
Fixed in:
6.0.0
Disclosed:
Jun 17, 2022

Special Text Boxes [wp-special-textboxes] < 6.0.0

unknown

The Special Text Boxes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via several parameters in versions up to, and including, 5.9.110 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that exec...

Affected:
up to 6.0.0
Fixed in:
6.0.0
Disclosed:
Jun 17, 2022

Special Text Boxes [wp-special-textboxes] < 5.9.110

unknown

[en] The Special Text Boxes WordPress plugin before 5.9.110 does not sanitise or escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed.

Affected:
up to 5.9.110
Fixed in:
5.9.110
Disclosed:
Oct 25, 2021

CVE-2021-24485 on NVD →

Special Text Boxes <= 5.9.109 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

medium

The Special Text Boxes WordPress plugin through 5.9.109 does not sanitise or escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed.

CVSS:
5.5
Affected:
up to 5.9.109
Fixed in:
5.9.110
Disclosed:
Sep 21, 2021

CVE-2021-24485 on NVD →

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