CVE-2023-5467: The GEO my WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 4.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escapin...

Summary

The GEO my WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 4.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-leve...

What to do

The CVE record does not list a fixed version. Check the vendor's site or the advisory links below - a fix may already be released.

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
geomywp	geo_my_wordpress	<= 4.0 `cpe:2.3:a:geomywp:geo_my_wordpress::::::wordpress::*`

Original advisory text

The GEO my WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 4.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escapin...

The GEO my WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 4.0 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.

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geo-my-wp/tags/4.0.1/plugins/single-l... Issue Tracking
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geo-my-wp/tags/4.0/plugins/single-loc... Issue Tracking
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a96ac71f-3dae-40eb-926... Third Party Advisory