CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-6561

5.4 MEDIUM Published 2024-01-11 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2024-01-11
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 Featured Image from URL (FIFU) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the featured image alt text in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.3 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.

Affected configurations

• fifu featured image from url (< 4.5.4)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References