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2 vulnerabilities found for Advanced Menu Widget by johnnypea
CVE-2023-5085 (GCVE-0-2023-5085)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2023-10-24 13:52 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:55
VLAI
Title
Advanced Menu Widget <= 0.4.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
Summary
The Advanced Menu Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'advMenu' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 0.4.1 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.
Severity
6.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| johnnypea | Advanced Menu Widget |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 0.4.1
(semver)
|
Credits
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CVE-2023-5085 (GCVE-0-2023-5085)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-24 13:52 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:55
VLAI
Title
Advanced Menu Widget <= 0.4.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
Summary
The Advanced Menu Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'advMenu' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 0.4.1 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.
Severity
6.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
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1 product
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Affected:
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(semver)
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