CVE-2023-5432
CVSS 3.1 Score 5.4 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Dec 19, 2023
Updated: Dec 22, 2023
CWE ID 79
Summary
CVE-2023-5432 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability affecting the Jquery news ticker plugin for WordPress. The flaw, present in versions up to and including 3.1, lies in the lack of proper input sanitization and output escaping for user-supplied attributes in the 'jquery-news-ticker' shortcode. This weakness enables authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions and above to inject malicious web scripts. These scripts will be executed whenever a user accesses an injected page, potentially leading to unintended actions or data disclosure.
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