Stored cross-site scripting in Charts plugin for WordPress

1) Stored cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU81120

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5062

CWE-ID:

Exploit availability:

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "wp_charts" shortcode. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

WordPress Charts: 0.5.2 - 0.7.0

Fixed software versions

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:webfactory:wp-charts:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

External links

http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-charts/tags/0.7.0/wordpress_charts_js.php#L223
http://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2de2d2c5-1373-45b6-93a0-575713226669?source=cve
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-charts/tags/0.7.0/wordpress_charts_js.php#L229

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?