PT-2023-16346 · WordPress · Gs Filterable Portfolio

Lana Codes · Published 2023-02-21 · Updated 2025-03-13 · CVE-2023-0540

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 Filterable Portfolio WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.6.1

Description The issue concerns the GS Filterable Portfolio WordPress plugin, which does not properly validate and escape certain shortcode attributes before outputting them in a page or post. This could allow users with the contributor role or higher to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Recommendations For GS Filterable Portfolio WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.6.1, update to version 1.6.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the vulnerable shortcode attributes to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-0540

Affected Products

Gs Filterable Portfolio

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b35b3da2-468d-4fe5-bff6-812432197a38 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0540 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0540 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/44708 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/114743 · Telegram Post