Cross-site scripting in sc0ttkclark Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Pod Form widget in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sc0ttkclark | Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields | up to 3.2.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields Vendorsc0ttkclark Affected up to 3.2.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:podsfoundation:pods:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | sc0ttkclark |
- cpe:2.3:a:podsfoundation:pods:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·sc0ttkclark
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-3956
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q686-mxxq-25r2
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a0707c92-96e9-444a-8a13-52d49c9e3f5c?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pods/tags/3.2.1/ui/front/form.php#L105
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3083418/pods/tags/3.1.4.1/includes/data.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3083418/pods/tags/3.1.4.1/ui/front/form.php
- https://pods.io/2024/05/08/pods-3-2-1-1-security-release/
More sc0ttkclark vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-01242 Pods < 3.2.8.2 - Admin+ SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-10992 Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields < 3.2.8.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2024-09169 Pods < 3.2.7.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2026-15925 Incorrect authorization in sc0ttkclark Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-06398 Pods - Custom Content Types and Fields - Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-06369 Pods - Custom Content Types and Fields - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via Shortcode CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-3956 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-3956 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q686-mxxq-25r2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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