Vulnerability Details : CVE-2023-6844
The iframe plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode(s) in all versions up to and including 5.0 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-2023-6844
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-6844
0.12%
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-2023-6844
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5.0
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N |
3.1
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1.4
|
Wordfence | 2024-05-23 |
References for CVE-2023-6844
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https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c16e16dc-8888-4222-862f-a57a9f14e7f4?source=cve
iframe <= 5.0 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3089839%40iframe%2Ftrunk&old=3036990%40iframe%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
429 Too Many Requests
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iframe/trunk/iframe.php#L60
iframe.php in iframe/trunk – WordPress Plugin Repository
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iframe/trunk/iframe.php#L37
iframe.php in iframe/trunk – WordPress Plugin Repository
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