PT-2023-16961 · WordPress · Weaver Show Posts Plugin

Alex Thomas · Published 2023-06-09 · Updated 2023-06-16 · CVE-2023-1404

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Weaver Show Posts Plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.6

Description The issue is related to stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping of the profile display name. This allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations For Weaver Show Posts Plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.6, update to a version that addresses the insufficient escaping of the profile display name to prevent stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-1404

Affected Products

Weaver Show Posts Plugin

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1404 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/show-posts/tags/1.6/includes/atw-showposts-sc.php#L368 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1404 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c8647c44-4879-4895-bd07-19f7d62a7326?source=cve · Note
• https://wordfence.com/blog/2023/04/hiding-in-plain-sight-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities-patched-in-weaver-products · Note