CVE-2023-5614

CVSS 3.1 Score 5.4 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Oct 20, 2023
Updated: Nov 7, 2023
CWE ID 79

Summary

CVE-2023-5614 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Theme Switcha plugin for WordPress. This issue, present in all versions up to 3.3, stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the plugin's 'theme_switcha_list' shortcode. This weakness enables authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject malicious scripts, which will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to unintended website functionality or data exposure, posing a significant security risk.

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