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CVE-2023-5774

MEDIUM 5.4 CVSS 3.1
Published
October 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 Animated Counters plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode(s) in all versions up to, and including, 1.7 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

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

  • freeben Animated Counters — Up to and including 1.7
  • eralion animated_counters — Up to and including 1.7

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2984228/ Patch
  • research.cleantalk.org https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-5774-animated-counters-stored-xss-via-shortcode-author-poc/
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/33c2756d-c300-479f-b3aa-8f22c3a70278?source=cve Third Party Advisory
  • drive.google.com https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zXWW545ktCznO36k90AN0APhTz8ky-gG/view?usp=sharing Exploit
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record