PT-2023-32432 · WordPress · Medialist

Dmitry Ignatyev · Published 2023-11-27 · Updated 2024-07-12 · CVE-2023-5942

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 Medialist WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.4.1

Description The issue concerns the Medialist WordPress plugin, which does not properly validate and escape certain shortcode attributes before outputting them in a page or post. This could allow users with the contributor role or higher to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Recommendations For Medialist WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.4.1, update to version 1.4.1 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-2023-5942

Affected Products

Medialist

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/914559e1-eed5-4a69-8371-a48055835453 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5942 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5942 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/86052 · Telegram Post