CVE-2023-5618

The Modern Footnotes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.4.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, 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/changeset/2980695/modern-footnotes	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c20c674f-54b5-470f-b470-07a63501eb4d?source=cve	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2980695/modern-footnotes	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c20c674f-54b5-470f-b470-07a63501eb4d?source=cve	Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:prismtechstudios:modern_footnotes:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 08:42

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-10-20 12:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 08:42

NVD link : CVE-2023-5618

Mitre link : CVE-2023-5618

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-5618

JSON object : View

Products Affected

prismtechstudios

modern_footnotes

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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