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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-5110
CVE-2023-5110:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The BSK PDF Manager WordPress plugin (versions up to 3.4.1) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2023-5110) discovered in October 2023. The vulnerability exists in the 'bsk-pdfm-category-dropdown' shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes (NVD, WPScan).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) according to NVD, and 6.4 (Medium) according to Wordfence. The issue stems from improper validation and escaping of attributes in the bsk-pdfm-category-dropdown shortcode, which allows for the injection of malicious web scripts (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These injected scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page, potentially affecting high-privilege users such as administrators (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been patched in version 3.4.2 of the BSK PDF Manager plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (WPScan).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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