Vulnerability · Published Feb 12, 2024 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2023-6081Chart.js for WordPress <= 2023.2 - Editor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting in New Chart

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in chartjs 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 33% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 66.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The chartjs WordPress plugin through 2023.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	chartjs	2023.2 – through 2023.2

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5f011911-5fd1-46d9-b468-3062b4ec6f1e/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
https://lynk.nl/