CVE-2023-6524

CVSS 3.1 Score 5.4 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Jan 3, 2024
Updated: Feb 2, 2024
CWE ID 79

Summary

CVE-2023-6524 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the MapPress Maps for WordPress plugin for WordPress. This issue, present in all versions up to and including 2.88.13, allows authenticated attackers with contributor access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts. The vulnerability arises due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the map title parameter, which enables the execution of injected scripts whenever a user accesses an affected page. This poses a significant security risk and requires immediate attention from WordPress site administrators using the MapPress plugin.

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