Vulnerability Details : CVE-2023-5566
Potential exploit
The Simple Shortcodes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 1.0.20 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-2023-5566
- Simple Shortcodes Project » Simple Shortcodes » For WordpressVersions up to, including, (<=) 1.0.20cpe:2.3:a:simple_shortcodes_project:simple_shortcodes:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-5566
0.63%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 79 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2023-5566
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
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2.7
|
NIST | |
6.4
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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-2023-5566
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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-2023-5566
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smpl-shortcodes/tags/1.0.20/includes/shortcodes.php#L292
429 Too Many RequestsExploit
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https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a153d6b2-e3fd-42db-90ba-d899a07d60c1?source=cve
Simple Shortcodes <= 1.0.20 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via ShortcodeThird Party Advisory
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smpl-shortcodes/tags/1.0.20/includes/shortcodes.php#L257
shortcodes.php in smpl-shortcodes/tags/1.0.20/includes – WordPress Plugin RepositoryExploit
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smpl-shortcodes/tags/1.0.20/includes/shortcodes.php#L386
shortcodes.php in smpl-shortcodes/tags/1.0.20/includes – WordPress Plugin RepositoryExploit
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