CVE-2024-10148: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The Awesome buttons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the plugin's btn2 shortcode in versions up to and including 1.0. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on October 21, 2024, affecting the WordPress plugin developed by Sohelwpexpert (WordPress Plugin).

The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the btn2 shortcode functionality. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (NVD).

When successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive information or manipulation of page content (NVD).

Due to the security issue, the plugin has been closed and is no longer available for download from the WordPress plugin repository as of October 21, 2024. Users are advised to remove the plugin from their WordPress installations (WordPress Plugin).