Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in WP Shortcodes Plugin by WordPress
CVE-2023-6225

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate
Vendor
CVE Published:
28 November 2023

Summary

The WP Shortcodes Plugin, specifically the Shortcodes Ultimate component, is exposed to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. This arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping, especially when utilizing the su_meta shortcode alongside user-defined meta values. Authenticated attackers possessing contributor-level permissions or higher can exploit this to inject malicious scripts into web pages. Once exploited, these scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page, potentially leading to unauthorized actions and compromising user data.

Affected Version(s)

WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate * <= 5.13.3

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ult...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

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

Francesco Carlucci
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