CVE-2023-5618
Assigner: Wordfence
Published: 2023-10-20T11:33:24.931Z
State: PUBLISHED
affected: vendor: prismtechstudios
product: Modern Footnotes
versions: version: *
status: affected
lessThanOrEqual: 1.4.16
versionType: semver
defaultStatus: unaffected
descriptions: value: The Modern Footnotes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.4.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, 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: Dmitrii Ignatyev
timeline: time: 2023-10-15T00:00:00.000+00:00
value: Vendor Notified
time: 2023-10-19T00:00:00.000+00:00
value: Disclosed