{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-0541 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-0541 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-0541 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown GS Books Showcase, published on 21 Feb 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-0541 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-0541 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown GS Books Showcase, published on 21 Feb 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-0541 exists.\n\nAffected product: Unknown GS Books Showcase. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0541/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0541/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-0541","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0541/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-0541","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-q9wm-mphh-pw22"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode attributes in GS Books Showcase, leading to stored XSS attacks on viewing users.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"WPScan","cpe":[{"product":"gs_books_showcase","vendor":"gsplugins"}],"cvss":{"score":6.8,"severity":"medium","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"GS Books Showcase \u003c 1.3.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS","id":"CVE-2023-0541","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Custom Post Type List Shortcode \u003c= 1.4.4 - Contributor+ Stored XSS","id":"CVE-2023-0542"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"GS Filterable Portfolio \u003c 1.6.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS","id":"CVE-2023-0540"},"products":["GS Books Showcase"],"published":"2023-02-21","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-03-12","vendors":["Unknown"]},"summary":"Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode attributes in GS Books Showcase, leading to stored XSS attacks on viewing users.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0541/"}