CVE-2023-4646

The Simple Posts Ticker WordPress plugin before 1.1.6 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c34f8dcc-3be6-44ad-91a4-7c3a0ce2f9d7	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c34f8dcc-3be6-44ad-91a4-7c3a0ce2f9d7	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:sayandatta:simple_posts_ticker:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-10-16 20:15

Updated : 2025-04-23 17:16

NVD link : CVE-2023-4646

Mitre link : CVE-2023-4646

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-4646

JSON object : View

Products Affected

sayandatta

simple_posts_ticker

CWE

No CWE.

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