CVE-2023-4820 (GCVE-0-2023-4820)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-16 19:39 – Updated: 2025-03-05 16:25
VLAI
Title
PowerPress Podcasting < 11.0.12 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Summary
The PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry WordPress plugin before 11.0.12 does not sanitize and escape the media url field in posts, which could allow users with privileges as low as contributor to inject arbitrary web scripts that could target a site admin or superadmin.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e866a214-a142-43… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry Affected: 0 , < 11.0.12 (custom)
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Credits
emad WPScan
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