PT-2023-16055 · Zoho · Zoho Forms Form Plugin For Wordpress

Lana Codes · Published 2023-02-13 · Updated 2025-03-21 · CVE-2023-0169

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Zoho Forms WordPress plugin versions prior to 3.0.1

Description The issue concerns a lack of validation and escaping of certain shortcode attributes, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. This occurs when the shortcode is embedded in a page or post and the attributes are outputted back without proper sanitization.

Recommendations For Zoho Forms WordPress plugin versions prior to 3.0.1, update to version 3.0.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of shortcodes by users with the contributor role and above until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-0169

Affected Products

Zoho Forms Form Plugin For Wordpress

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/178d71f2-4666-4f7e-ada5-cb72a50fd663 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0169 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0169 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/115704 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/44349 · Telegram Post