Description
The JQuery Accordion Menu Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'dcwp-jquery-accordion' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 3.1.2 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.
Published: 2023-09-12
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-54729 The JQuery Accordion Menu Widget for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'dcwp-jquery-accordion' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 3.1.2 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.
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Description The JQuery Accordion Menu Widget for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'dcwp-jquery-accordion' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 3.1.2 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. The JQuery Accordion Menu Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'dcwp-jquery-accordion' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 3.1.2 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.
Title JQuery Accordion Menu Widget <= 3.1.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
Weaknesses CWE-79

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Designchemical Jquery Accordion Menu Widget
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:16:03.084Z

Reserved: 2023-09-11T13:13:11.618Z

Link: CVE-2023-4890

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Updated: 2024-08-02T07:38:01.036Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-12T02:15:13.773

Modified: 2026-04-08T19:18:39.250

Link: CVE-2023-4890

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Weaknesses