CVE-2023-5126

CVSS 3.1 Score 5.4 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Oct 25, 2023
Updated: Nov 7, 2023
CWE ID 79

Summary

CVE-2023-5126 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Delete Me plugin for WordPress. This issue, present in versions up to 3.0, allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to inject malicious scripts via the 'plugin_delete_me' shortcode. The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. Attackers can exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary web scripts on pages visited by users, making it essential for WordPress site administrators to update the Delete Me plugin to a patched version as soon as possible.

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