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Widget Settings Importer/Exporter Plugin <= 1.5.3 - Unauthorized Widget Import to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Published Dec 23, 2023

Description

The Widget Settings Importer/Exporter Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the wp_ajax_import_widget_dataparameter AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.5.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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Remediation

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Wordfence
Published Dec 23, 2023
Updated Apr 8, 2026
Reserved Dec 22, 2023
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a