WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Glossary < 2.1.28 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Description

The plugin does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
glossary-by-codeat
Fixed in 2.1.28

References

CVE
CVE-2023-24378

Classification

Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79
CVSS
6.8 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Rafshanzani Suhada
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
2abef26a-5f7d-4b58-b4d8-b9dbb27755da

Timeline

Publicly Published
2023-01-27 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2023-04-06 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-04-06 (about 1 years ago)

Other

Published
Title
Published
2024-02-19
Title
Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP < 1.27 - Authenticated Stored XSS
Published
2014-09-21
Title
Login Widget With Shortcode 3.1.1 - custom_style_afo Parameter Reflected XSS
Published
2021-04-01
Title
Erident Custom Login and Dashboard < 3.5.9 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Published
2015-08-19
Title
WP Google Fonts <= 3.1.3 - Authenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Published
2017-03-06
Title
WordPress 3.6.0-4.7.2 - Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Media File Metadata