CVE-2023-5942

The Medialist WordPress plugin before 1.4.1 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/914559e1-eed5-4a69-8371-a48055835453	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:drelton:medialist:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

30 Nov 2023, 05:24

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-79
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 5.4
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/914559e1-eed5-4a69-8371-a48055835453 -~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/914559e1-eed5-4a69-8371-a48055835453 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:drelton:medialist::::::wordpress::*

27 Nov 2023, 19:03

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-11-27 17:15

Updated : 2024-07-12 16:11

NVD link : CVE-2023-5942

Mitre link : CVE-2023-5942

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-5942

JSON object : View

Products Affected

drelton

medialist

CWE

CWE-79

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

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