Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Flowpaper Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-5200

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
WordPress
Status
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 October 2023

Summary

The Flowpaper plugin for WordPress is susceptible to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities through the 'flipbook' shortcode. This vulnerability arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping of user-supplied attributes. As a result, individuals with contributor-level access or higher can inject malicious web scripts into pages. These scripts will execute when users visit the affected pages, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or data exposure.

Affected Version(s)

flowpaper * <= 2.0.3

References

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
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