SB2023060220 - Stored cross-site scripting in Favorites plugin for WordPress
Published: June 2, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023060220
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2304)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "user_favorites" shortcode. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5bd03cd0-34f0-491c-8247-79656eba32a8?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2919192%40favorites&old=2805323%40favorites&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/favorites/tags/2.3.2/assets/js/favorites.js#L421
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/favorites/tags/2.3.2/app/API/Shortcodes/UserFavoritesShortcode.php#L57