CVE-2023-5942

The Medialist WordPress plugin before 1.4.1 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
Cross-site Scripting
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
5.4 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: Unknown
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
dreltonmedialist
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< 1.4.1
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= Vulnerable software versions
Early Detection
Affected products identified ahead of NVD analysis through intelligence sources.
VendorProductVersionSource
medialistmedialist
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< 1.4.1
ADP
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/914559e1-eed5-4a69-8371-a48055835453
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/914559e1-eed5-4a69-8371-a48055835453