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CVE-2023-4960:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The WCFM Marketplace plugin for WordPress (CVE-2023-4960) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability via the 'wcfm_stores' shortcode in versions up to and including 3.6.2. The vulnerability was discovered by István Márton and was publicly disclosed on November 23, 2023 (Wordfence Blog, NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the WCFM Marketplace plugin. The CVSS v3.1 base score is rated as 5.4 (Medium) by NVD with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Wordfence assessed it at 6.4 (Medium) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions and 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 their WCFM Marketplace plugin to a version newer than 3.6.2. A patch has been released to address this vulnerability (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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