PT-2023-16345 · WordPress · Gs Insever Portfolio

Lana Codes · Published 2023-02-27 · Updated 2023-03-04 · CVE-2023-0539

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 GS Insever Portfolio WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.4.5

Description The issue concerns the lack of validation and escaping of certain shortcode attributes in the GS Insever Portfolio WordPress plugin. This could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when these attributes are outputted back in a page or post where the shortcode is embedded.

Recommendations For GS Insever Portfolio WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.4.5, update to version 1.4.5 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

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-0539

Affected Products

Gs Insever Portfolio

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a4b6a83a-6394-4dfc-8bb3-4982867dab7d · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0539 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/45072 · Telegram Post