WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Rescue Shortcodes < 2.6 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

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
rescue-shortcodes
Fixed in 2.6

References

CVE
CVE-2023-41728
URL
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/rescue-shortcodes/wordpress-rescue-shortcodes-plugin-2-5-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
yuyudhn
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
c8f099fc-1c07-4799-be98-c1adca0fb182

Timeline

Publicly Published
2023-10-02 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2023-10-02 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2024-04-29 (about 2 years ago)

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