CVE-2023-4838

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    CVE-2023-4838

    Published: 9 Sept 2023Last Modified: 11 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The Simple Download Counter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 1.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes like 'before' and 'after'. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

    References: , https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/aa5f7f2a-c7b7-4339-a608-51fd684c18bf?source=cve, https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2963794

    Affected packages

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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