Vulnerability · Published Feb 6, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2023-0174WP VR < 8.2.7 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in WP VR from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 48.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The WP VR WordPress plugin before 8.2.7 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6b53d0e6-def9-4907-bd2b-884b2afa52b3 exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description