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CVE-2023-5071: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Sitekit plugin for WordPress (versions up to and including 1.4) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2023-5071) that was discovered and publicly disclosed on August 28, 2023. The vulnerability affects the 'sitekit_iframe' shortcode functionality due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping (NVD, Wordfence).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79) issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) according to NIST (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) and 6.4 (Medium) according to Wordfence (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N). The vulnerability stems from improper neutralization of input during web page generation in the 'sitekit_iframe' shortcode (NVD).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher 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 Sitekit plugin to a version newer than 1.4, which contains patches for this vulnerability. The fix can be found in the WordPress plugin repository (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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