CVE-2023-5237 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Memberlite Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 1.3.9 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

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 0.00374.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Strangerstudios	Memberlite Shortcodes

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-57564	The Memberlite Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 1.3.9 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-5237-memberlite-shortcodes-stored-xss-via-shortcode
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a46d686c-6234-4aa8-a656-00a65c55d0b0

History

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-10-31T13:54:44.838Z

Updated: 2025-04-22T20:02:39.784Z

Reserved: 2023-09-27T16:41:10.433Z

Link: CVE-2023-5237

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:52:08.563Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-31T14:15:12.453

Modified: 2025-04-22T20:15:27.300

Link: CVE-2023-5237

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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