CVE-2023-5943

Summary

CVE-2023-5943 is a vulnerability affecting the Wp-Adv-Quiz WordPress plugin before version 1.0.3. This issue allows high privilege users, including admins, to execute Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The plugin fails to sanitize and escape some of its settings, enabling attackers to inject malicious code into web pages, potentially leading to sensitive data theft or unauthorized access. Even when the unfiltered_html setting is disabled, the vulnerability remains exploitable.

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