CVE-2023-4795 (GCVE-0-2023-4795)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-16 19:39 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:13
VLAI?
Title
Testimonial Slider Shortcode < 1.1.9 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Summary
The Testimonial Slider Shortcode WordPress plugin before 1.1.9 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
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b8390b4a-b43f-4b… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Testimonial Slider Shortcode Affected: 0 , < 1.1.9 (custom)
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Credits
Dmitrii Ignatyev WPScan
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