SB2023103143 - Stored cross-site scripting in Neon text plugin for WordPress

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5817)

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 neontext_box 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.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f9998485-e272-48fc-b2f1-9e30158d0d16?source=cve
• https://drive.google.com/file/d/125xS3GVMr7_qo5HjWvXaXixuE_R-q_u3/view?usp=sharing
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2984188%40neon-text&new=2984188%40neon-text&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=