WP Carticon Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability for WordPress

A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability has been identified in the WP Carticon plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions through 1.0.0. The issue arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping, allowing authenticated attackers with administrator-level access to inject arbitrary web scripts. These scripts would execute when a user accesses the compromised page. This vulnerability is present only in multi-site installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows for stored cross-site scripting, where injected scripts are executed in the context of the user viewing the affected page.

Remediation

No known patch is available. It is recommended to review the vulnerability details and consider uninstalling the affected plugin.