Stored cross-site scripting in Custom Permalinks - CVE-2023-0926
Published: August 27, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU96570
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-0926
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Custom Permalinks
Custom Permalinks
Software vendor:
michaeltyson
michaeltyson
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 tag names. 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 updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/97f8549a-292d-4a6d-8ec0-550467e5cf0f?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-permalinks/
- https://github.com/samiahmedsiddiqui/custom-permalinks/pull/96
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3138206/custom-permalinks/trunk/admin/class-custom-permalinks-post-types-table.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3138206/custom-permalinks/trunk/admin/class-custom-permalinks-taxonomies-table.php