WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

WP ULike < 4.6.9 - Contributor+ Stored Cross Site Scripting via Shortcode

Description

The plugin does not validate and escape some parameters, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
wp-ulike
Fixed in 4.6.9

References

CVE
CVE-2023-45640
URL
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/wp-ulike/wp-ulike-468-authenticated-contributor-stored-cross-site-scripting-via-shortcode
URL
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-ulike/wordpress-wp-ulike-plugin-4-6-8-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability

Classification

Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79
CVSS
5.9 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Rafshanzani Suhada
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
6327f696-3d09-42e4-81ae-abc57cbb9e69

Timeline

Publicly Published
2023-10-12 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2023-10-24 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-10-24 (about 2 years ago)

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