PT-2023-17119 · WordPress · Wp Custom Author Url

Shreya Pohekar · Published 2023-05-02 · Updated 2023-05-08 · CVE-2023-1614

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WP Custom Author URL WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.0.5

Description The issue allows high privilege users, such as admins, to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks, even when the unfiltered html capability is disallowed, for example in multisite setups. This is due to the plugin not sanitizing and escaping some of its settings.

Recommendations For WP Custom Author URL WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.0.5, update to version 1.0.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the plugin's settings for high privilege users until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-1614

Affected Products

Wp Custom Author Url

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/56abd1e2-0ea9-47f7-9a1b-2093ac15d39c · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1614 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1614 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/49610 · Telegram Post