CVE-2023-0541 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The GS Books Showcase WordPress plugin before 1.3.1 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Gsplugins	Gs Books Showcase

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gsplugins:gs_books_showcase:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8453e587-cc8c-491a-af09-fc4ab215134b

History

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}`	ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}` cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-02-21T08:50:54.939Z

Updated: 2025-03-12T20:27:51.775Z

Reserved: 2023-01-27T12:24:27.991Z

Link: CVE-2023-0541

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:17:50.078Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-21T09:15:13.257

Modified: 2025-03-12T21:15:40.953

Link: CVE-2023-0541

Redhat

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