Vulnerability · Published Oct 27, 2023 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2023-5774Animated Counters <= 1.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Medium 6.4

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A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Animated Counters from freeben. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 52.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Animated Counters plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode(s) in all versions up to, and including, 1.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
freeben	Animated Counters	0 – through 1.7

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Affected products (as reported)

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