CVE-2023-6990

Summary

CVE-2023-6990 is a vulnerability found in the Weaver Xtreme theme for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 6.3.0. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts via custom post meta (page-head-code). The lack of input sanitization and output escaping makes it possible for these injected scripts to execute whenever a user accesses an affected page. The base severity of this vulnerability is rated as MEDIUM, with a base score of 5.4, indicating a moderate level of danger. To remediate this vulnerability, users should update their Weaver Xtreme theme to versions beyond 6.3.0 or apply any available patches provided by the theme developer.

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