Vulnerability · Published Mar 20, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2023-0369GoToWP <= 5.1.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in GoToWP from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 61.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The GoToWP WordPress plugin through 5.1.1 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)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	GoToWP	0 – through 5.1.1

Weakness: CWE-79

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/351f31e0-cd13-4079-8fd1-447f319133c9 exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description