WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

WP Category Post List Widget <= 2.0.3 - 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
wp-category-posts-list
No known fix

References

CVE
CVE-2023-23828
URL
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/wp-category-posts-list/wp-category-post-list-widget-203-authenticated-contributor-stored-cross-site-scripting-via-shortcode

Classification

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Lana Codes
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
ee767d5e-7d3d-4e04-8cce-b0846f279ab8

Timeline

Publicly Published
2023-05-11 (about 3 years ago)
Added
2023-08-11 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-08-11 (about 2 years ago)

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Title
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Title
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Title
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