Vulnerability · Published Feb 27, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2023-0334ShortPixel Adaptive Images < 3.6.3 - Reflected XSS

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in ShortPixel Adaptive Images from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 59% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack tooling1Nuclei

Official description

The ShortPixel Adaptive Images WordPress plugin before 3.6.3 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against any high privilege users such as admin

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	ShortPixel Adaptive Images	0 – before 3.6.3

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b027a8db-0fd6-444d-b14a-0ae58f04f931 exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description