CVE-2023-6488

Description

The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'su_button', 'su_members', and 'su_tabs' shortcodes in all versions up to, and including, 7.0.0 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.

Category

5.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.09%
Third-Party Advisory wordfence.com
Affected: gn_themes WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/50a89ad1-a3d0-49e3-8d2e-4cb81ac115ba?source=cve third party advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/trunk/includes/shortcodes/button.php patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3007660%40shortcodes-ultimate&new=3007660%40shortcodes-ultimate&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2023-6488?
CVE-2023-6488 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2023-6488?
To fix CVE-2023-6488, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2023-6488 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2023-6488 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2023-6488?
CVE-2023-6488 affects gn_themes WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate.
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