CVE-2023-0147

Flexible Captcha <= 4.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Published Feb 6, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Flexible Captcha WordPress plugin through 4.1 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

Analysis

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-12237 The Flexible Captcha WordPress plugin through 4.1 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
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

No weakness.

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Mar 25, 2025, 7:57 PM
Reserved
Jan 10, 2023, 10:58 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 6, 2023, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:24 AM