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WP ULike < 4.7.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Type: advisorySources: OSV

The WP ULike WordPress plugin before 4.7.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2024-7878
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
2 Nov 2026, 20:24 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

WP ULike < 4.7.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Sept 2024, 06:00 UTC

The WP ULike WordPress plugin before 4.7.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

osv:CVE-2024-7878
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7878",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "WP ULike < 4.7.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS",
    "summary": "The WP ULike WordPress plugin before 4.7.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-7878",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
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          ],
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:23.386275674Z",
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        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7878",
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  "published_at": "2024-09-25T06:00:05.377+00:00"
}