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CVE-2023-5566:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Simple Shortcodes WordPress plugin (versions up to 1.0.20) was identified with a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2023-5566). The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on October 30, 2023, affecting the plugin's handling of user-supplied attributes in shortcodes (NVD CVE).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of user-supplied attributes in shortcode processing. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) by NIST with vector string 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 string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD CVE).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page, potentially leading to unauthorized data access or manipulation (NVD CVE).
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Source: This report was generated using AI
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