CVE-2023-4779 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The User Submitted Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's [usp_gallery] shortcode in versions up to, and including, 20230811 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes like 'before'. 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.

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 None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00154.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Plugin-planet	User Submitted Posts

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-54625	The User Submitted Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's [usp_gallery] shortcode in versions up to, and including, 20230811 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes like 'before'. 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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2961841
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d21ca709-183f-4dd1-849c-f1b2a4f7ec43?source=cve

History

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2023-09-06T06:41:21.692Z

Updated: 2025-02-05T19:31:04.106Z

Reserved: 2023-09-05T18:08:04.646Z

Link: CVE-2023-4779

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:38:00.519Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-06T07:15:09.690

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:35:58.120

Link: CVE-2023-4779

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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