CVE-2023-5163
Weather Atlas Widget <= 1.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
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Description
The Weather Atlas Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'shortcode-weather-atlas' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.2.1 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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/weather-atlas/tags/1.2.1/includes/class-weather-atlas.php#L838
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/weather-atlas/tags/1.2.1/includes/class-weather-atlas.php#L844
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/weather-atlas/tags/1.2.1/includes/class-weather-atlas.php#L845
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/weather-atlas/tags/1.2.1/includes/class-weather-atlas.php#L858
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/weather-atlas/tags/1.2.1/includes/class-weather-atlas.php#L860
References (7)
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- NONE
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