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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-2436
CVE-2023-2436:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Blog-in-Blog WordPress plugin (versions up to 1.1.1) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2023-2436) discovered in May 2023. The vulnerability exists in the 'bloginblog' shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79) issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.8 (Medium) and vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability specifically affects the handling of user-supplied attributes in the 'bloginblog' shortcode, where proper input sanitization and output escaping mechanisms are not implemented (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with editor-level permissions or above to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update the Blog-in-Blog plugin to a version newer than 1.1.1 to address this vulnerability (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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