Vulnerability Details : CVE-2023-5291
The Blog Filter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'AWL-BlogFilter' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.5.3 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-2023-5291
- cpe:2.3:a:awplife:blog_filter:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-5291
0.06%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 28 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2023-5291
| 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-2023-5291
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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: security@wordfence.com (Primary)
References for CVE-2023-5291
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2974261/blog-filter#file54
Changeset 2974261 for blog-filter – WordPress Plugin RepositoryPatch
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https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b95c1bf7-bb05-44d3-a185-7e38e62b7201?source=cve
Blog Filter <= 1.5.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via ShortcodeThird Party Advisory
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/blog-filter/tags/1.5.3/blog-filter-output.php#L128
blog-filter-output.php in blog-filter/tags/1.5.3 – WordPress Plugin RepositoryPatch
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