PT-2023-32298 · WordPress · The Very Simple Google Maps

István Márton + 1 · Published 2023-10-24 · Updated 2023-11-02 · CVE-2023-5744

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 The Very Simple Google Maps plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.9

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'vsgmap' shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. 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 versions up to, and including, 2.9, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the 'vsgmap' shortcode for users with contributor-level and above permissions until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-5744

Affected Products

The Very Simple Google Maps

References · 7

• 🔥 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/very-simple-google-maps/trunk/very-simple-google-maps.php?rev=2941389#L22 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5744 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5744 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2982539/very-simple-google-maps#file1 · Patch
• https://t.me/cvenotify/60411 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1716820460997058895 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fca7837c-ad24-44ce-b073-7df3f8bc4300?source=cve · Note