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CVE-2023-5605

URL Shortify < 1.7.9.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Severity Score

4.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

The URL Shortify WordPress plugin before 1.7.9.1 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)

El complemento URL Shortify de WordPress hasta la versión 1.7.8 no sanitiza ni escapa a algunas de sus configuraciones, lo que podría permitir a usuarios con privilegios elevados, como el administrador, realizar ataques de Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Almacenado incluso cuando la capacidad unfiltered_html no está permitida (por ejemplo, en una configuración multisitio).

The URL Shortify – Simple, Powerful and Easy URL Shortener Plugin For WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

*Credits: Bartlomiej Marek and Tomasz Swiadek, WPScan
CVSS Scores
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:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2023-10-16 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-11-06 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-02 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-02 First Exploit
  • 2024-11-12 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Kaizencoders
Search vendor "Kaizencoders"
 Url Shortify
Search vendor "Kaizencoders" for product "Url Shortify"
 <= 1.7.8
Search vendor "Kaizencoders" for product "Url Shortify" and version " <= 1.7.8"
wordpress
Affected