CVE-2023-4841

Feeds for YouTube <= 2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Severity Score

5.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Feeds for YouTube for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'youtube-feed' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

El complemento Feeds for YouTube for WordPress para WordPress es vulnerable a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) almacenado a través del código corto 'youtube-feed' en versiones hasta la 2.1 inclusive debido a una sanitización de entrada insuficiente y a un escape de salida en los atributos proporcionados por el usuario. Esto hace posible que atacantes autenticados con permisos de nivel de colaborador y superiores inyecten scripts web arbitrarios en páginas que se ejecutarán cada vez que un usuario acceda a una página inyectada.

The Feeds for YouTube plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'youtube-feed' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

*Credits: Lana Codes

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-09-08 CVE Reserved
2023-09-13 CVE Published
2024-08-02 First Exploit
2024-09-20 EPSS Updated
2024-10-24 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

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

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feeds-for-youtube/tags/2.1/templates/feed.php#L33	Issue Tracking

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/376e2638-a873-4142-ad7d-067ae3333709?source=cve	2024-08-02

URL	Date	SRC
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2966017/feeds-for-youtube#file564	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Smashballoon Search vendor "Smashballoon"		Feeds For Youtube Search vendor "Smashballoon" for product "Feeds For Youtube"				<= 2.1 Search vendor "Smashballoon" for product "Feeds For Youtube" and version " <= 2.1"		wordpress		Affected