CVE-2023-5057 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2023-5057

ActivityPub for WordPress < 1.0.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Vulnerability Description

The ActivityPub WordPress plugin before 1.0.0 does not escape user metadata before outputting them in mentions, which could allow users with a role of Contributor and above to perform Stored XSS attacks

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:

  • Ben Bidner
  • WPScan

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

ActivityPub
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: October 16th, 2023
Last Modified: August 2nd, 2024
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.