CVE-2023-5707

CVSS 3.1 Score 5.4 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Nov 3, 2023
Updated: Nov 13, 2023
CWE ID 79

Summary

CVE-2023-5707 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the SEO Slider plugin for WordPress. The issue lies in the plugin's 'slider' shortcode and post meta, where user-supplied attributes are not properly sanitized or escaped. This flaw enables authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions and above to inject arbitrary web scripts. These scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, posing a significant security risk. Versions up to and including 1.1.0 are vulnerable to this issue.

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