Vulnerability · Published Mar 27, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2023-0272NEX-Forms < 8.3.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in NEX-Forms from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 56.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The NEX-Forms WordPress plugin before 8.3.3 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/047b50c0-0eb3-4371-9e5d-3778fdafc66b exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description