CVE-2023-5507

CVSS 3.1 Score 5.4 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Nov 7, 2023
Updated: Nov 14, 2023
CWE ID 79

Summary

CVE-2023-5507 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the ImageMapper plugin for WordPress. This issue, present in versions up to 1.2.6, allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts via the 'imagemap' shortcode's user-supplied attributes. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping are the root causes, leading to the execution of injected scripts whenever a user accesses an affected page.

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