Vulnerability Details : CVE-2023-6488
The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'su_button', 'su_members', and 'su_tabs' shortcodes in all versions up to, and including, 7.0.0 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-2023-6488
- cpe:2.3:a:getshortcodes:shortcodes_ultimate:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-6488
0.13%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 29 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2023-6488
| 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
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NIST | |
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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
|
Wordfence |
CWE ids for CVE-2023-6488
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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)
References for CVE-2023-6488
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https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/50a89ad1-a3d0-49e3-8d2e-4cb81ac115ba?source=cve
WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.0.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site ScriptingThird Party Advisory
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/trunk/includes/shortcodes/button.php
429 Too Many RequestsPatch
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3007660%40shortcodes-ultimate&new=3007660%40shortcodes-ultimate&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
429 Too Many RequestsPatch
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