Vulnerability Details : CVE-2023-4716
The Media Library Assistant plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'mla_gallery' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 3.10 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)
Products affected by CVE-2023-4716
- cpe:2.3:a:davidlingren:media_library_assistant:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-4716
0.07%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 32 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2023-4716
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5.4
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
2.3
|
2.7
|
NIST | |
|
6.4
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
3.1
|
2.7
|
Wordfence |
CWE ids for CVE-2023-4716
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The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.Assigned by:
- nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
- security@wordfence.com (Secondary)
References for CVE-2023-4716
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/trunk/includes/class-mla-shortcode-support.php?rev=2955933#L1511
class-mla-shortcode-support.php in media-library-assistant/trunk/includes – WordPress Plugin RepositoryPatch
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/trunk/includes/class-mla-shortcode-support.php?rev=2955933#L1515
class-mla-shortcode-support.php in media-library-assistant/trunk/includes – WordPress Plugin RepositoryPatch
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https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c5f6ae5d-7854-44c7-9fb8-efaa6e850d59?source=cve
Media Library Assistant <= 3.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via ShortcodeThird Party Advisory
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/trunk/includes/class-mla-shortcode-support.php?rev=2955933#L1531
class-mla-shortcode-support.php in media-library-assistant/trunk/includes – WordPress Plugin RepositoryPatch
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2963256/media-library-assistant
Changeset 2963256 for media-library-assistant – WordPress Plugin RepositoryPatch
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/trunk/includes/class-mla-shortcode-support.php?rev=2955933#L1507
class-mla-shortcode-support.php in media-library-assistant/trunk/includes – WordPress Plugin RepositoryPatch
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