CVE-2023-0063

MEDIUM 5.4CVE-2023-0063 · Published 06/03/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-0063 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability affecting wordpress shortcodes (synved).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.47%, higher than 41.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wordpress shortcodes synved	`≤ 1.6.36`	No fix yet

Description

The WordPress Shortcodes WordPress plugin through 1.6.36 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.

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/2262f2fc-8122-46ed-8e67-8c34ee35fc97 · Exploit

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