CVE-2023-5050

Summary

CVE-2023-5050 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Leaflet Map plugin for WordPress. The issue lies in the plugin's shortcodes, which lack sufficient input sanitization and output escaping, allowing authenticated attackers with contributor level and above permissions to inject malicious web scripts. These scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, posing a significant security risk. Versions up to and including 3.3.0 are vulnerable to this issue.

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