CVE-2023-5618
CVSS 3.1 Score 5.4 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Oct 20, 2023
Updated: Nov 7, 2023
CWE ID 79
Summary
CVE-2023-5618 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Modern Footnotes plugin for WordPress. The flaw, present in versions up to 1.4.16, arises from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the plugin's shortcode. This vulnerability enables authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. Upon accessing an injected page, the scripts will execute, posing a significant security risk.
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