CVE-2024-5440: dynamic content personalization vulnerability

The If-So Dynamic Content Personalization WordPress plugin before 1.8.0.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
CVE-2024-5440CVSS 5.4CMS

CVE-2024-5440: dynamic content personalization vulnerability

The If-So Dynamic Content Personalization WordPress plugin before 1.8.0.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

CVSS
5.4 MEDIUM
EPSS
16.91%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
dynamic content personalization

What is known

The If-So Dynamic Content Personalization WordPress plugin before 1.8.0.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

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