Simple Posts Ticker < 1.1.6 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
CVE-2023-4646

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Simple Posts Ticker
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 October 2023

Summary

The Simple Posts Ticker WordPress plugin before 1.1.6 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Affected Version(s)

Simple Posts Ticker 0 < 1.1.6

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c34f8dcc-3be6-44ad-91a4-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

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

Dmitrii Ignatyev
WPScan
.