PT-2023-30662 · WordPress · Magic Embeds

Dmitry Ignatyev · CVE-2023-4799 · Published 2023-11-20 · Updated 2023-11-24

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 The Magic Embeds WordPress plugin versions prior to 3.1.2

Description The issue concerns a lack of validation and escaping of certain shortcode attributes in the plugin, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.1.2, update to version 3.1.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of shortcodes to trusted users only until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-4799

Affected Products

Magic Embeds

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/04c71873-5ae7-4f94-8ba9-03e03ff55180 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4799 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4799 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/60907 · Telegram Post