CVE-2023-5577 (GCVE-0-2023-5577)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-07 11:31 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:45
VLAI?
Title
Bitly's WordPress Plugin <= 2.7.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
Summary
The Bitly's plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'wpbitly' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bitlydeveloper | Bitly's WordPress Plugin |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 2.7.1
(semver)
|
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Nomenclature
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