CVE-2023-4808 (GCVE-0-2023-4808)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-20 18:55 – Updated: 2024-08-02 07:38
VLAI
Title
WP Post Popup <= 3.7.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Summary
The WP Post Popup WordPress plugin through 3.7.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its inputs, 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)
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bb8e9f06-477b-4d… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown WP Post Popup Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.7.3 (semver)
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Credits
Abhijith A WPScan
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