CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-5161

5.4 MEDIUM Published 2023-09-27 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-09-27
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-79

Description

The Modal Window plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 5.3.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.

Affected configurations

• wow-company modal window (<= 5.3.5)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness

References