Popup box < 3.8.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS in Categories
CVE-2023-5809

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Popup box
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 December 2023

What is CVE-2023-5809?

The Popup box WordPress plugin before 3.8.6 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)

Popup box 0 < 3.8.6

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f1eb05e8-1b7c-45b1-912d-...
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

Rafael Aristodimou
WPScan
.