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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-6526
CVE-2023-6526:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Meta Box – WordPress Custom Fields Framework plugin for WordPress (CVE-2023-6526) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability affecting all versions up to and including 5.9.2. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed in February 2024, impacting WordPress installations using the Meta Box plugin (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the plugin's handling of custom post meta values displayed through the plugin's shortcode. The severity is rated as MEDIUM with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.4 (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) according to NVD's assessment (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update their Meta Box plugin to a version newer than 5.9.2 to address this vulnerability. A patch has been released and is available through the WordPress plugin repository (Patch).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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