CVE-2023-5057 (GCVE-0-2023-5057)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-16 19:39 – Updated: 2024-08-02 07:44
VLAI?
Title
ActivityPub for WordPress < 1.0.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Summary
The ActivityPub WordPress plugin before 1.0.0 does not escape user metadata before outputting them in mentions, which could allow users with a role of Contributor and above to perform Stored XSS attacks
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/58a63507-f0fd-46… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown ActivityPub Affected: 0 , < 1.0.0 (custom)
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Credits
Ben Bidner WPScan
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