CVE-2024-13679: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in simply4net Widget BUY.BOX
The Widget BUY.BOX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'buybox-widget' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.5 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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2024-13679 is a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability (CWE-79) in the simply4net Widget BUY.BOX WordPress plugin. It affects all versions up to and including 3.1.5 due to improper neutralization of input in the 'buybox-widget' shortcode. Authenticated users with contributor-level privileges or higher can inject arbitrary JavaScript code that executes in the context of any user viewing the compromised page. This vulnerability can lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts but does not affect availability. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N). No patch or official remediation has been provided yet.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows authenticated contributors or higher to inject persistent malicious scripts into pages, which execute in the browsers of users who visit those pages. This can lead to theft of sensitive information or session tokens (confidentiality impact) and unauthorized modification of displayed content (integrity impact). There is no impact on system availability. The vulnerability requires low attack complexity and no user interaction beyond visiting the injected page.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict contributor-level access to trusted users only and consider disabling or removing the Widget BUY.BOX plugin if possible. Monitor for plugin updates from simply4net that address this vulnerability.
CVE-2024-13679: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in simply4net Widget BUY.BOX
Description
The Widget BUY.BOX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'buybox-widget' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.5 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.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-13679 is a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability (CWE-79) in the simply4net Widget BUY.BOX WordPress plugin. It affects all versions up to and including 3.1.5 due to improper neutralization of input in the 'buybox-widget' shortcode. Authenticated users with contributor-level privileges or higher can inject arbitrary JavaScript code that executes in the context of any user viewing the compromised page. This vulnerability can lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts but does not affect availability. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N). No patch or official remediation has been provided yet.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows authenticated contributors or higher to inject persistent malicious scripts into pages, which execute in the browsers of users who visit those pages. This can lead to theft of sensitive information or session tokens (confidentiality impact) and unauthorized modification of displayed content (integrity impact). There is no impact on system availability. The vulnerability requires low attack complexity and no user interaction beyond visiting the injected page.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict contributor-level access to trusted users only and consider disabling or removing the Widget BUY.BOX plugin if possible. Monitor for plugin updates from simply4net that address this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-01-23T18:30:19.151Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6e67b7ef31ef0b5a00a3
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:49:27 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 6:45:32 AM
Last updated: 4/11/2026, 9:22:13 PM
Views: 18
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