Vulnerability CVE-2023-4599
Published: 2023-08-30

Description:
The Slimstat Analytics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'eeb_mailto' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.1.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Type:

CWE-79

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

 References:
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-encoder-bundle/tags/2.1.7/core/includes/classes/class-email-encoder-bundle-run.php#L529
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2958823/email-encoder-bundle#file60
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e90f04e4-eb4c-4822-89c6-79f553987c37?source=cve
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