CVE-2023-5071
CVSS 3.1 Score 9.8 of 10 (high)
Details
Published Oct 20, 2023
Updated: Nov 7, 2023
CWE ID 787
Summary
CVE-2023-5071 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Sitekit plugin for WordPress. This issue, present in versions up to 1.4, allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts. The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the 'sitekit_iframe' shortcode. As a result, injected scripts will execute whenever a user visits an affected page.
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