CVE-2023-5124 (GCVE-0-2023-5124)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-29 14:44 – Updated: 2025-05-22 17:24
VLAI
Title
PageLayer < 1.8.0 - Author+ Stored XSS
Summary
The Page Builder: Pagelayer WordPress plugin before 1.8.0 doesn't prevent attackers with administrator privileges from inserting malicious JavaScript inside a post's header or footer code, even when unfiltered_html is disallowed, such as in multi-site WordPress configurations.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-07 18:18 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1ef86546-3467-43… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Page Builder: Pagelayer Affected: 1.3.2 , < 1.8.0 (semver)
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pagelayer pagelayer Affected: 1.3.2 , < 1.8.0 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:pagelayer:pagelayer:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
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Credits
Marc Montpas WPScan
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