PT-2023-16256 · WordPress · The Video Central For Wordpress

Lana Codes · Published 2023-04-24 · Updated 2025-02-04 · CVE-2023-0418

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 The Video Central for WordPress plugin through 1.3.0

Description The issue concerns a lack of validation and escaping of certain shortcode attributes in the plugin, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Recommendations For The Video Central for WordPress plugin version 1.3.0 and earlier, update to a version that includes the necessary validation and escaping of shortcode attributes to prevent Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of shortcodes by users with the contributor role and above until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-0418

Affected Products

The Video Central For Wordpress

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/821751bb-feaf-45b8-91a9-e173cb0c05fc · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0418 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0418 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/109916 · Telegram Post