Stored cross-site scripting in iframe - CVE-2023-4919
Published: October 24, 2023
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webvitalii
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. 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
External links
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iframe/tags/4.5/iframe.php#L40
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iframe/tags/4.5/iframe.php#L28
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3706deed-55f2-4dfb-bfed-7a14872cd15a?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2970787/iframe#file4