CVE-2023-1404

Summary

The Weaver Show Posts Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping of the profile display name in versions up to, and including, 1.6. This makes it possible for 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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-79: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c8647c44-4879-4895-bd07-19f7d62a7326?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/show-posts/tags/1.6/includes/atw-showposts-sc.php#L368

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: partial

References

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c8647c44-4879-4895-bd07-19f7d62a7326?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/show-posts/tags/1.6/includes/atw-showposts-sc.php#L368
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/04/hiding-in-plain-sight-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities-patched-in-weaver-products/

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