CVE-2023-4798 (GCVE-0-2023-4798)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-16 19:39 – Updated: 2024-08-02 07:38
VLAI
Title
User Avatar - Reloaded < 1.2.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Summary
The User Avatar WordPress plugin before 1.2.2 does not properly sanitize and escape certain of its shortcodes attributes, which could allow relatively low-privileged users like contributors to conduct Stored XSS attacks.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/273a95bf-39fe-4b… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown User Avatar Affected: 0 , < 1.2.2 (custom)
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Credits
Dmitrii Ignatyev WPScan
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