CVE-2023-5566

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    CVE-2023-5566

    Published: 30 Oct 2023Last Modified: 13 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The Simple Shortcodes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 1.0.20 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.

    References: , https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a153d6b2-e3fd-42db-90ba-d899a07d60c1?source=cve, https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smpl-shortcodes/tags/1.0.20/includes/shortcodes.php#L257, https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smpl-shortcodes/tags/1.0.20/includes/shortcodes.php#L292, https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smpl-shortcodes/tags/1.0.20/includes/shortcodes.php#L386

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    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