CVE-2023-4890

The JQuery Accordion Menu Widget for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'dcwp-jquery-accordion' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 3.1.2 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.

CVSS v3.0 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b0cf3015-cdc9-4ac9-82f3-e9b4d1203e22?source=cve	Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-vertical-accordion-menu/tags/3.1.2/dcwp_jquery_accordion.php#L112	Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-vertical-accordion-menu/tags/3.1.2/dcwp_jquery_accordion.php#L94	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:designchemical:jquery_accordion_menu_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 04:23

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-09-12 02:15

Updated : 2023-11-07 04:23

NVD link : CVE-2023-4890

Mitre link : CVE-2023-4890

JSON object : View

Products Affected

designchemical

jquery_accordion_menu_widget

CWE

No CWE.

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