Vulnerability CVE-2023-5237


Published: 2023-10-31

Description:
The Memberlite Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 1.3.9 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

Type:

CWE-79

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

 References:
https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-5237-memberlite-shortcodes-stored-xss-via-shortcode
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a46d686c-6234-4aa8-a656-00a65c55d0b0

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