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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-5750
CVE-2023-5750:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The EmbedPress WordPress plugin before version 3.9.2 contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2023-5750) discovered on November 20, 2023. The vulnerability affects the plugin's content handling functionality and impacts high-privilege users such as administrators (WPScan).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from improper sanitization and escaping of a parameter before it is output back in pages containing specific content. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 MEDIUM (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) and is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability could allow attackers to execute cross-site scripting attacks against 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
The vulnerability has been fixed in EmbedPress version 3.9.2. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the risk (WPScan).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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