Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Slimstat Analytics Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-4599

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers
Vendor
CVE Published:
30 August 2023

Summary

The Slimstat Analytics plugin for WordPress is impacted by a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability through the 'eeb_mailto' shortcode in versions up to and including 2.1.7. This vulnerability arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping for user-supplied attributes, allowing authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher to inject malicious web scripts. These injected scripts can execute whenever a user accesses a compromised page, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or data exposure.

Affected Version(s)

Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers * <= 2.1.7

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-encoder-...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2958823/emai...

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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