Vulnerability Details : CVE-2023-4840
The MapPress Maps for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'mappress' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.88.4 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-2023-4840
- cpe:2.3:a:mappresspro:mappress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-4840
0.06%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 26 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2023-4840
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 |
References for CVE-2023-4840
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.88.5/mappress.php?rev=2965022#L919
mappress.php in mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.88.5 – WordPress Plugin RepositoryPatch
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https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c3d2c9a4-32f7-484f-86ce-a33ef1174b28?source=cve
MapPress Maps for WordPress <= 2.88.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via ShortcodeThird Party Advisory
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.88.4/mappress_map.php#L381
mappress_map.php in mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.88.4 – WordPress Plugin RepositoryPatch
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