Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Meta Box Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-6526
6.4MEDIUM
Key Information:
- Vendor
Wordpress
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 5 February 2024
What is CVE-2023-6526?
The Meta Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping related to custom post meta values. This flaw affects all versions up to and including 5.9.2, allowing authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious web scripts. Such scripts are executed whenever a user accesses an affected page, potentially compromising user data and security.
Affected Version(s)
Meta Box – WordPress Custom Fields Framework * <= 5.9.2