CVE-2023-1602 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-1602

The Short URL plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to stored...

Vulnerability Description

The Short URL plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'comment' parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in versions up to, and including, 1.6.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Etan Imanol Castro Aldrete

References

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Affected Vendor

kaizencoders

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Affected Software

Short URL
Vulnerable Versions:
1.6.4

Timeline

Official Publish: June 29th, 2023
Last Modified: October 28th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.