Vulnerability · Published Feb 5, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2023-6982Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields <= 1.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via vg_display_data
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields from josevega. 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 36% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode and postmeta in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| josevega | Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields | 0 – through 1.2.1 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3077b84e-87af-4307-83c5-0e4b15d07ff1?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3021133%40shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data&new=3021133%40shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=