Vulnerability · Published May 31, 2023 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2023-1661Display post meta, term meta, comment meta, and user meta <= 1.0.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Display post meta, term meta, comment meta, and user meta from trasweb. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 30% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Display post meta, term meta, comment meta, and user meta plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via post metadata in versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| trasweb | Display post meta, term meta, comment meta, and user meta | 0 – through 1.0.0 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N