CVE-2023-6809

CVSS 3.1 Score 6.4 of 10 (medium)

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Published Mar 13, 2024

Summary

CVE-2023-6809 is a vulnerability that affects the Custom fields shortcode plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 0.1. The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied custom post meta values. The risk score for this vulnerability is 26, with a base severity of MEDIUM. To remediate the vulnerability, users should update to the latest version of the plugin when it becomes available. The potential danger posed by this vulnerability includes the execution of arbitrary web scripts, which could lead to unauthorized access, data leakage, or other malicious activities within an organization's WordPress site.

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