CVE-2023-4919
CVSS 3.1 Score 5.4 of 10 (medium)
Details
Summary
CVE-2023-4919 is a vulnerability in the iframe plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 4.6. It is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages, which will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 4.6 and fully patched in version 4.7 of WordPress. The vulnerability has a risk score of 25 out of 100, with a base severity level of MEDIUM. The exploitability score is 2.3 out of 10, indicating a low complexity for launching an attack through the network. The impact score is 2.7 out of 10, with low integrity and confidentiality impacts, and no availability impact. Remediating the vulnerability requires updating WordPress to version 4.7 or newer.
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