PT-2023-31774 · WordPress · Live Updates From Excel

Alex Thomas · Published 2023-10-31 · Updated 2023-11-06 · CVE-2023-5116

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 Live updates from Excel plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.3.2

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'ipushpull page' shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes, such as ipushpull page. This allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.3.2, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the ipushpull page shortcode for users with contributor-level permissions and above until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-5116

Affected Products

Live Updates From Excel

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5116 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5116 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2999563/ipushpull · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/73224 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ab856722-e954-49de-a93f-46664da6e3e8?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ipushpull/trunk/public/class-ipushpull-public.php#L113 · Note