Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress <= 4.3000000021 — Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode
CVE-2023-50824Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤4.3000000021Update to 4.3000000023 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.4
- CVSS
- 6.4CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:CScope- Changed
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress insert-or-embed-articulate-content-into-wordpress
- Affected≤ 4.3000000021
- Patched in4.3000000023
Update to 4.3000000023 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.3000000021. Version 4.3000000023 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 4.3000000023, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to LVT-tholv2k.
The Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode(s) in all versions up to, and including, 4.3000000021 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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.4
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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