CVE-2023-1982

Summary

CVE-2023-1982 is a vulnerability affecting the Front Editor WordPress plugin before version 4.0.5. This issue permits Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks against high-privilege users, bypassing the unfiltered_html capability restriction. The plugin fails to sanitize and escape certain form settings, leaving these input fields susceptible to malicious scripts. In multisite setups, this vulnerability could pose a significant risk to multiple sites on the same server.

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