PT-2024-15183 · WordPress · Collapse-O-Matic

Richard Telleng + 1 · Published 2024-05-02 · Updated 2024-05-02 · CVE-2023-7030

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 Collapse-O-Matic plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.8.5.5

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'expand' shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the tag user supplied attribute. 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 Collapse-O-Matic plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.8.5.5: Update to a version later than 1.8.5.5 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the expand shortcode until a patch is available. Restrict access to the tag attribute in the expand shortcode to minimize the risk of exploitation. Ensure proper input sanitization and output escaping on the tag attribute to prevent arbitrary web script injection.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-7030

Affected Products

Collapse-O-Matic

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7030 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1786082024509288553 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ea23bcc2-ce71-4f16-85f3-11276deb659f?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3074011%40jquery-collapse-o-matic&new=3074011%40jquery-collapse-o-matic&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1786106212842410314 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/78879 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/linuxpatch/status/1786095942568927570 · Twitter Post