CVE-2023-4294 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2023-4294

URL Shortify < 1.7.6 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via referer header

Vulnerability Description

The URL Shortify WordPress plugin before 1.7.6 does not properly escape the value of the referer header, thus allowing an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious javascript that will trigger in the plugins admin panel with statistics of the created short link.

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:

  • Bartlomiej Marek and Tomasz Swiadek
  • WPScan

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

URL Shortify
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: September 11th, 2023
Last Modified: May 2nd, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.