CVE-2024-5224: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The Easy Social Like Box – Popup – Sidebar Widget plugin for WordPress (versions up to 4.0) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-5224). The vulnerability exists in the plugin's 'cardoza_facebook_like_box' shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. The issue was discovered and disclosed on June 5, 2024 (Wordfence Advisory).

The vulnerability 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 issue stems from improper neutralization of input during web page generation (CWE-79). The vulnerability specifically affects the plugin's shortcode functionality where user-supplied attributes are not properly sanitized before being output to the page (NVD Database).

When 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 (Wordfence Advisory).

The vulnerability requires an authenticated user with contributor-level privileges or higher to exploit. The attack complexity is considered low, requiring user interaction for successful exploitation (NVD Database).

A patch has been identified in the source code (WordPress Plugin). Users are advised to update to a patched version of the plugin when available.