URL Shortify < 1.7.9.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS
CVE-2023-5605

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
URL Shortify
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 November 2023

What is CVE-2023-5605?

The URL Shortify WordPress plugin before 1.7.9.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected Version(s)

URL Shortify 0 < 1.7.9.1

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9ec03ef0-0c04-4517-b761-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

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

Bartlomiej Marek and Tomasz Swiadek
WPScan
.