# CVE-2023-0431: File Away <= 3.9.9.0.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode

> Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode attributes in the File Away plugin, leading to stored XSS attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 3 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f756-h66w-955h

## What is CVE-2023-0431?

CVE-2023-0431 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown File Away, published on 12 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The File Away WordPress plugin through 3.9.9.0.1 does not validate and escape one of its shortcode attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0431?

It affects 1 product.


Products: File Away Project File Away.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-0431?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-0431 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-0431 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-0431 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown File Away

- [CVE-2025-2512](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2512/): File Away <= 3.9.9.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated File Upload via upload Function (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-2539](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2539/): File Away <= 3.9.9.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-0431 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-0431 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown File Away, published on 12 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-0431 exists.

Affected product: Unknown File Away. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0431/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0431/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0431
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0431
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0431

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0431/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.