CVE-2023-5774
The Animated Counters plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode(s) in all versions up to, and including, 1.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Animated Counters plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode(s) in all versions up to, and including, 1.7 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
- 0.48% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- eralion/animated counters
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2984228/Patch
- https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-5774-animated-counters-stored-xss-via-shortcode-author-poc/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/33c2756d-c300-479f-b3aa-8f22c3a70278?source=cveThird Party Advisory
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zXWW545ktCznO36k90AN0APhTz8ky-gG/view?usp=sharingExploit
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2984228/Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/33c2756d-c300-479f-b3aa-8f22c3a70278?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.