Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in the Accordion Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-5666
5.4MEDIUM
Summary
The Accordion plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping of user-supplied attributes in the 'tcpaccordion' shortcode. This vulnerability affects all versions through 2.6, allowing authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher to inject malicious web scripts into pages. These scripts will execute in the browsers of users accessing the compromised pages, potentially leading to unauthorized actions and data theft.
Affected Version(s)
Accordion * <= 2.6
References
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