CVE-2024-33950 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-33950: WordPress Archives Calendar Widget plugin <= 1.0.15 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Vendor Aleksei Polechin (Alek´)

Product Archives Calendar Widget

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published May 2, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.9/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Administrator Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Archives Calendar Widget <= 1.0.15 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Archives Calendar Widget versions up to 1.0.15 contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An authenticated user with high privileges can inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers when they view affected pages. The vulnerability requires user interaction and can affect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the site.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers when they view the widget.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Admins with high privileges can inject scripts affecting other users' sessions and data.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have high-level admin privileges and the victim must visit a page containing the widget.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

May 2, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33950 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html AskarLabs — CWE-79 write-up Cross-Site Scripting

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2024-33950

CWE CWE-79

CVSS 5.9 / MEDIUM

Affected versions