CVE-2023-4799 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Magic Embeds WordPress plugin before 3.1.2 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

Published: 2023-11-20

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

Magic Embeds

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 3.1.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpembedfb:magic_embeds:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-54643	The Magic Embeds WordPress plugin before 3.1.2 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

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 0.00109.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/04c71873-5ae7-4f94-8ba9-03e03ff55180

History

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Subscriptions

Wpembedfb Magic Embeds

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-11-20T18:55:04.531Z

Updated: 2024-09-04T18:49:23.931Z

Reserved: 2023-09-06T14:29:30.778Z

Link: CVE-2023-4799

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:38:00.677Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-20T19:15:09.433

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:35:59.437

Link: CVE-2023-4799

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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