Vulnerability · Published Jul 31, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2023-3130Short URL < 1.6.5 - Admin+ Cross Site Scripting
Medium 4.8
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Short URL from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)4.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 56.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The Short URL WordPress plugin before 1.6.5 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)
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6e167864-c304-402e-8b2d-d47b5a3767d1 exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description