CVE-2023-5291
Assigner: Wordfence
Published: 2023-10-04T01:52:39.859Z
State: PUBLISHED
affected: vendor: awordpresslife
product: Blog Filter – Advanced Post Filtering with Categories Or Tags, Post Portfolio Gallery, Blog Design Template, Post Layout
versions: version: *
status: affected
lessThanOrEqual: 1.5.3
versionType: semver
defaultStatus: unaffected
descriptions: value: The Blog Filter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'AWL-BlogFilter' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.5.3 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.
problemTypes: descriptions: description: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
metrics: cvssV3_1: version: 3.1
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
baseScore: 6.4
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
credits: type: finder
value: Lana Codes
timeline: time: 2023-09-28T00:00:00.000+00:00
value: Discovered
time: 2023-09-28T00:00:00.000+00:00
value: Vendor Notified
time: 2023-10-03T00:00:00.000+00:00
value: Disclosed