Vulnerability CVE-2023-0171


Published: 2023-02-06

Description:
The jQuery T(-) Countdown Widget WordPress plugin before 2.3.24 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Type:

CWE-79

(Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

 References:
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/32324655-ff91-4a53-a2c5-ebe6678d4a9d

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