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CVE-2023-6809:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Custom fields shortcode plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2023-6809) that affects all versions of the plugin. The vulnerability was publicly disclosed on February 27, 2024, and received its last update on March 13, 2024 (Wordfence).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue that exists in the plugin's cf shortcode functionality. The severity of this vulnerability has been assessed as Medium with a CVSS score of 6.4 (Wordfence).
Exploitability
The vulnerability requires an authenticated user with Contributor level permissions or higher to exploit (Wordfence).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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