CVE-2023-5071 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Sitekit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'sitekit_iframe' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, 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 0.00188.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Sitekit Project	Sitekit

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sitekit_project:sitekit:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-57413	The Sitekit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'sitekit_iframe' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, 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/browser/sitekit/trunk/inc/sitekit-shortcode-iframe.php#L3
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2970788/sitekit
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/011c8a06-298e-4a53-9ef8-552585426d79?source=cve

History

Thu, 06 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: 2023-10-20T06:35:04.245Z

Updated: 2025-02-05T19:11:44.977Z

Reserved: 2023-09-19T18:26:21.367Z

Link: CVE-2023-5071

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:44:53.765Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-20T07:15:17.153

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:41:00.460

Link: CVE-2023-5071

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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