CVE-2023-5162

MEDIUM 5.4CVE-2023-5162 · Published 27/09/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-5162 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability affecting options for twenty seventeen (webd).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.65%, higher than 51.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
options for twenty seventeen webd	`≤ 2.5.0`	No fix yet

Description

The Options for Twenty Seventeen plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'social-links' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.5.0 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

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