Vulnerability · Published Jun 9, 2023 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2023-2558WPCS – WordPress Currency Switcher Professional <= 1.1.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in WPCS – WordPress Currency Switcher Professional from realmag777. 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 WPCS – WordPress Currency Switcher Professional plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's wpcs_current_currency shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.1.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| realmag777 | WPCS – WordPress Currency Switcher Professional | 0 – through 1.1.9 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N