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CVE-2023-5749:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2023-5749 is a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the EmbedPress WordPress plugin versions before 3.9.2. The vulnerability was discovered by Krzysztof Zając and publicly disclosed on November 20, 2023 (WPScan).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists because the plugin does not properly sanitize and escape user input before outputting it back in the page. This vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N and is classified under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could be exploited to perform Reflected Cross-Site Scripting attacks specifically targeting high privilege users such as administrators. This could potentially lead to unauthorized actions being performed in the context of the administrator's session (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are advised to update to EmbedPress version 3.9.2 or later which contains the fix for this vulnerability (WPScan).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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