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CVE-2023-6530 (GCVE-0-2023-6530)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-29 14:44 – Updated: 2025-05-29 15:09
VLAI
Title
TJ Shortcodes <= 0.1.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcodes
Summary
The TJ Shortcodes WordPress plugin through 0.1.3 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.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-09 23:37 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown TJ Shortcodes Affected: 0 , ≤ 0.1.3 (semver)
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Credits
Dmitrii Ignatyev WPScan
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