Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Tab Ultimate Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-5667

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Tab Ultimate
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 November 2023

What is CVE-2023-5667?

The Tab Ultimate plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping for user-supplied attributes in its shortcodes. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level or higher permissions to inject malicious web scripts into pages. The harmful scripts execute whenever users access an affected page, potentially leading to unwanted actions or data exposure.

Affected Version(s)

Tab Ultimate * <= 1.3

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tabs-pro/trunk...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2982005/tabs...

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

István Márton
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