PowerPress Plugin up to 10.0 on WordPress Shortcode cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in PowerPress Plugin up to 10.0 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component Shortcode Handler. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2023-1917. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in PowerPress Plugin up to 10.0 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This affects an unknown code block of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The PowerPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode(s) in versions up to, and including, 10.0 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. NOTE: A partial fix for the issue was introduced in version 10.0.1, and an additional patch (version 10.0.2) was released to address a workaround.

The weakness was released 04/11/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-1917 since 04/06/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• PowerPress Plugin

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• 10.0

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