CVE-2023-3130

Short URL < 1.6.5 - Admin+ Cross Site Scripting

Severity Score

4.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track*

*SSVC

Descriptions

NVD
Wordfence

The Short URL WordPress plugin before 1.6.5 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

The Short URL plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'url_externe' parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in versions up to, and including, 1.6.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

*Credits: Bob Matyas, WPScan

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track*

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-06-06 CVE Reserved
2023-07-10 CVE Published
2024-08-06 EPSS Updated
2024-10-21 CVE Updated
2024-10-21 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6e167864-c304-402e-8b2d-d47b5a3767d1	2024-10-21

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Kaizencoders Search vendor "Kaizencoders"		Short Url Search vendor "Kaizencoders" for product "Short Url"				< 1.6.5 Search vendor "Kaizencoders" for product "Short Url" and version " < 1.6.5"		wordpress		Affected