CVE-2023-2436
MEDIUM
4.4
CVSS 3.1
Description
The Blog-in-Blog plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'blog_in_blog' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with editor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected WordPress components
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Blog-in-Blog Plugin · blog-in-blogUp to and including 2.0.0; Up to and including 1.1.1View on WordPress.org
A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.
Affected products and versions
- timhodson Blog-in-Blog — Up to and including 2.0.0
- blog-in-blog_project blog-in-blog — Up to and including 1.1.1
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/blog-in-blog/tags/1.1.1/blog-in-blog.php#L257 Patch
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3446931/
- www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5c6a88c3-18b7-470f-8014-373ead66dcfa?source=cve Third Party Advisory
- nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record