CVE-2023-4774 (GCVE-0-2023-4774)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-22 05:31 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:34
VLAI?
Title
WP-Matomo Integration (WP-Piwik) <= 1.0.28 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
Summary
The WP-Matomo Integration (WP-Piwik) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'wp-piwik' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.0.28 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)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
matomoteam Connect Matomo – Analytics Dashboard for WordPress Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.0.28 (semver)
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Credits
István Márton
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