CVE-2023-3372 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Lana Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 1.2.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which allows users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Published: 2024-01-16

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Lana Shortcodes

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.2.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lana:lana_shortcodes:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00266.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3396b734-9a10-4070-802d-f9d01cc6eb74/

History

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Lana Lana Shortcodes

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-16T15:55:36.145Z

Updated: 2025-06-20T17:01:54.093Z

Reserved: 2023-06-22T19:47:05.619Z

Link: CVE-2023-3372

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:55:03.154Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-16T16:15:11.350

Modified: 2025-06-20T17:15:31.110

Link: CVE-2023-3372

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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