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CVE-2023-5162

MEDIUM 5.4 CVSS 3.1
Published
September 27, 2023
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

The Options for Twenty Seventeen plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'social-links' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.5.0 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 WordPress components

  • Options for Twenty Seventeen Plugin · options-for-twenty-seventeen
    Confirmed match Active
    Up to and including 2.5.0
    View 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

  • domainsupport Options for Twenty Seventeen — Up to and including 2.5.0
  • webd options_for_twenty_seventeen — Up to and including 2.5.0

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/options-for-twenty-seventeen/tags/2.5.0/options-for-twenty-seventeen.php#L3110 Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2971104/options-for-twenty-seventeen Patch
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/df35d8c6-55ec-4cf5-8055-93ec5193c0a4?source=cve Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record