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CVE-2023-5705:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The VK Filter Search plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2023-5705) affecting all versions up to and including 2.3.1. The vulnerability was discovered in the plugin's 'vkfiltersearch' shortcode functionality and was disclosed on October 25, 2023 (Wordfence).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the 'vkfiltersearch' shortcode. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an affected page, potentially compromising the security of site visitors (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
A patch has been released to address this vulnerability. Website administrators should update the VK Filter Search plugin to a version newer than 2.3.1 (WordPress).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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