CVE-2023-5708

The WP Post Columns plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'column' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.2 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-post-columns/trunk/wp_post_columns.php?rev=112013#L59	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d96e5986-8c89-4e7e-aa63-f41aa13eeff4?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wp_post_columns_project:wp_post_columns:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

02 Dec 2023, 00:23

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 5.4
CWE		CWE-79
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:wp_post_columns_project:wp_post_columns::::::wordpress::*
First Time		Wp Post Columns Project wp Post Columns Wp Post Columns Project
References	~~() https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-post-columns/trunk/wp_post_columns.php?rev=112013#L59 -~~	() https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-post-columns/trunk/wp_post_columns.php?rev=112013#L59 - Patch
References	~~() https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d96e5986-8c89-4e7e-aa63-f41aa13eeff4?source=cve -~~	() https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d96e5986-8c89-4e7e-aa63-f41aa13eeff4?source=cve - Third Party Advisory

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-2023-5708

Mitre link : CVE-2023-5708

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-5708

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wp_post_columns_project

wp_post_columns

CWE

CWE-79

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

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