CVE-2023-1470 eCommerce Product Catalog plugin for WordPress <= 3.3.8 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 4.4 Published Updated

Administrators can inject scripts via settings in multi-site or restricted HTML environments, leading to stored XSS execution.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-1470?

CVE-2023-1470 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in implecode eCommerce Product Catalog Plugin for WordPress, published on 17 Mar 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The eCommerce Product Catalog plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via some of its settings parameters in versions up to, and including, 3.3.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1470?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Implecode Ecommerce Product Catalog.

How do I fix CVE-2023-1470?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1470 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2023-1470 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1470 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mc99-r3pp-6w3q.

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