Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Favorites Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-2304

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Favorites
Vendor
CVE Published:
31 May 2023

What is CVE-2023-2304?

The Favorites plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping associated with the 'user_favorites' shortcode. This vulnerability enables authenticated users with contributor-level permissions and above to inject malicious web scripts into pages. These scripts can execute whenever another user accesses these manipulated pages, compromising the integrity and safety of the website.

Affected Version(s)

Favorites * <= 2.3.2

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/favorites/tags...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/favorites/tags...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Lana Codes
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