Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Ultimate Dashboard Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-4726

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Ultimate Dashboard – Custom WordPress Dashboard
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 November 2023

Summary

The Ultimate Dashboard plugin for WordPress suffers from a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping. This issue affects versions up to and including 3.7.7 and specifically targets authenticated attackers with administrator-level permissions in multi-site installations or where unfiltered_html is disabled. A successful exploitation allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute whenever a user accesses an affected page, posing significant security risks.

Affected Version(s)

Ultimate Dashboard – Custom WordPress Dashboard * <= 3.7.7

References

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

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

Marco Wotschka
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