CVE-2023-4962

CVSS 3.1 Score 9.8 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Jan 11, 2024
Updated: Jan 17, 2024
CWE ID 1392

Summary

CVE-2023-4962 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Video PopUp plugin for WordPress. This issue, present in versions up to 1.1.3, stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the 'video_popup' shortcode. Consequently, authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher can inject malicious web scripts that will execute every time an injected page is accessed, posing a significant security risk.

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