Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Animated Counters Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-5774

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Animated Counters
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 October 2023

What is CVE-2023-5774?

The Animated Counters plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate sanitization of user inputs and insufficient output escaping on attributes within shortcodes. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher to inject malicious scripts. When users access the compromised pages, these injected scripts are executed, potentially leading to data theft, website compromise, or other malicious activities.

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Affected Version(s)

Animated Counters * <= 1.7

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zXWW545ktCznO36k90AN0APh...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2984228/

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

Dmitrii Ignatyev
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