CVE-2023-5566

The Simple Shortcodes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 1.0.20 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CVSS v3 6.4 MEDIUM

6.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smpl-shortcodes/tags/1.0.20/includes/shortcodes.php#L257	Exploit
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smpl-shortcodes/tags/1.0.20/includes/shortcodes.php#L292	Exploit
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smpl-shortcodes/tags/1.0.20/includes/shortcodes.php#L386	Exploit
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a153d6b2-e3fd-42db-90ba-d899a07d60c1?source=cve	Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smpl-shortcodes/tags/1.0.20/includes/shortcodes.php#L257	Exploit
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smpl-shortcodes/tags/1.0.20/includes/shortcodes.php#L292	Exploit
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smpl-shortcodes/tags/1.0.20/includes/shortcodes.php#L386	Exploit
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a153d6b2-e3fd-42db-90ba-d899a07d60c1?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:simple_shortcodes_project:simple_shortcodes:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 08:42

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-10-30 14:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 08:42

NVD link : CVE-2023-5566

Mitre link : CVE-2023-5566

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-5566

JSON object : View

Products Affected

simple_shortcodes_project

simple_shortcodes

CWE

No CWE.

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