CVE-2023-5744
The Very Simple Google Maps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'vsgmap' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.60%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Very Simple Google Maps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'vsgmap' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.9 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 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.60% probability · 47th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- very simple google maps project/very simple google maps
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/very-simple-google-maps/trunk/very-simple-google-maps.php?rev=2941389#L22Exploit
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2982539/very-simple-google-maps#file1Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fca7837c-ad24-44ce-b073-7df3f8bc4300?source=cveThird Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/very-simple-google-maps/trunk/very-simple-google-maps.php?rev=2941389#L22Exploit
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2982539/very-simple-google-maps#file1Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fca7837c-ad24-44ce-b073-7df3f8bc4300?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.