Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Simple Shopping Cart by WordPress
CVE-2023-6497

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
WordPress Simple Shopping Cart
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 January 2024

What is CVE-2023-6497?

The Simple Shopping Cart plugin for WordPress has a vulnerability allowing for Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping. This issue permits attackers with administrator-level permissions to inject malicious web scripts via the automatic redirect URL setting. When users access affected pages, these injected scripts execute, posing a significant security threat. The vulnerability is present in all versions up to 4.7.1, particularly impacting multi-site installations or those where the unfiltered_html setting has been disabled.

Affected Version(s)

WordPress Simple Shopping Cart * <= 4.7.1

References

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

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

Craig Smith
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The Cyber Security Vulnerability Database.