Description
The Memberlite Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 1.3.9 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
Published: 2023-10-31
Score: 5.4 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-2023-57564 The Memberlite Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 1.3.9 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
History

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Subscriptions

Strangerstudios Memberlite Shortcodes
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-22T20:02:39.784Z

Reserved: 2023-09-27T16:41:10.433Z

Link: CVE-2023-5237

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:52:08.563Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-31T14:15:12.453

Modified: 2025-04-22T20:15:27.300

Link: CVE-2023-5237

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses