Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Slimstat Analytics Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-4597

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Slimstat Analytics
Vendor
CVE Published:
30 August 2023

What is CVE-2023-4597?

The Slimstat Analytics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping in the 'slimstat' shortcode. This issue affects versions up to and including 5.0.9 and allows authenticated attackers, holding contributor-level permissions or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts. These scripts can execute on pages viewed by users, leading to potential exploitation of the website's visitors and unauthorized data access.

Affected Version(s)

Slimstat Analytics * <= 5.0.9

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-slimstat/ta...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Lana Codes
.