PT-2023-16089 · WordPress · Advanced Recent Posts

Lana Codes · Published 2023-03-06 · Updated 2023-03-11 · CVE-2023-0212

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 Advanced Recent Posts WordPress plugin versions 0.6.14 and earlier

Description The issue arises from the plugin not validating and escaping some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page or post where the shortcode is embedded. This could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Recommendations For Advanced Recent Posts WordPress plugin versions 0.6.14 and earlier, update to a version that fixes the issue, as using unpatched versions poses a significant risk. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-0212

Affected Products

Advanced Recent Posts

References · 6

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5fdd44aa-7f3f-423a-9fb0-dc9dc36f33a3 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0212 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0212 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/59477 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/45600 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/46031 · Telegram Post