Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Blog-in-Blog Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-2436

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Blog-in-Blog
Vendor
CVE Published:
31 May 2023

Summary

The Blog-in-Blog plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability through the 'blog_in_blog' shortcode in versions up to 1.1.1. Due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping of user-supplied attributes, authenticated attackers with editor-level permissions can inject malicious web scripts into pages. These scripts execute whenever users access the affected pages, potentially compromising site integrity and user data.

Affected Version(s)

Blog-in-Blog * <= 1.1.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/blog-in-blog/t...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Lana Codes
.