CVE-2023-5662

The Sponsors plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'sponsors' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.0 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.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-sponsors/tags/3.5.0/includes/class-wp-sponsors-shortcodes.php#L267	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4af04219-26c5-401d-94ef-11d2321f98bf?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wpsimplesponsorships:sponsors:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

28 Nov 2023, 19:26

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Wpsimplesponsorships Wpsimplesponsorships sponsors
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:wpsimplesponsorships:sponsors::::::wordpress::*
CWE		CWE-79
References	~~() https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4af04219-26c5-401d-94ef-11d2321f98bf?source=cve -~~	() https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4af04219-26c5-401d-94ef-11d2321f98bf?source=cve - Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-sponsors/tags/3.5.0/includes/class-wp-sponsors-shortcodes.php#L267 -~~	() https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-sponsors/tags/3.5.0/includes/class-wp-sponsors-shortcodes.php#L267 - Patch
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 5.4

22 Nov 2023, 16:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-11-22 16:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 20:54

NVD link : CVE-2023-5662

Mitre link : CVE-2023-5662

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-5662

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wpsimplesponsorships

sponsors

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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