CVE-2023-5749 (GCVE-0-2023-5749)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-12-11 19:22
Modified
2024-08-02 08:07
Severity ?
CWE
Summary
The EmbedPress WordPress plugin before 3.9.2 does not sanitise and escape user input before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3931daac-3899-4169-8625-4c95fd2adafcExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3931daac-3899-4169-8625-4c95fd2adafcExploit, Third Party Advisory
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