Vulnerability Details : CVE-2023-5161

The Modal Window plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 5.3.5 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.
Published 2023-09-27 15:19:42
Updated 2023-09-29 15:44:13
Source Wordfence
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)

Products affected by CVE-2023-5161

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-5161

EPSS FAQ
0.07%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 33 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2023-5161

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.4
 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-2023-5161

References for CVE-2023-5161

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