CVE-2023-5817
The Neon text plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's neontext_box shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.52%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Neon text plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's neontext_box shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes (color). 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
- 0.52% probability · 43th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- eralion/neon text
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2984188%40neon-text&new=2984188%40neon-text&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
- https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-5817-neon-text-1-1-stored-xss-via-shortcode-author/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f9998485-e272-48fc-b2f1-9e30158d0d16?source=cveThird Party Advisory
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/125xS3GVMr7_qo5HjWvXaXixuE_R-q_u3/view?usp=sharingExploit
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2984188%40neon-text&new=2984188%40neon-text&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f9998485-e272-48fc-b2f1-9e30158d0d16?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.