CVE-2023-5943
CVSS 3.1 Score 4.8 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Jan 29, 2024
Updated: Feb 3, 2024
CWE ID 79
Summary
CVE-2023-5943 is a vulnerability affecting the Wp-Adv-Quiz WordPress plugin before version 1.0.3. This issue allows high privilege users, including admins, to execute Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The plugin fails to sanitize and escape some of its settings, enabling attackers to inject malicious code into web pages, potentially leading to sensitive data theft or unauthorized access. Even when the unfiltered_html setting is disabled, the vulnerability remains exploitable.
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