PT-2023-16302 · WordPress · F(X) Toc Wordpress Plugin

Lana Codes · Published 2023-05-15 · Updated 2025-01-14 · CVE-2023-0490

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 f(x) TOC WordPress plugin versions 1.1.0 and earlier

Description The issue concerns the f(x) TOC WordPress plugin, which does not properly validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them in a page or post. This could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Recommendations For f(x) TOC WordPress plugin versions 1.1.0 and earlier, update to a version that properly validates and escapes shortcode attributes to prevent Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-0490

Affected Products

F(X) Toc Wordpress Plugin

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9b497d21-f075-41a9-afec-3e24034c8c63 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0490 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0490 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/64118 · Telegram Post