CVE-2023-1602 Cross-site scripting in Short URL

What is CVE-2023-1602?

CVE-2023-1602 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in kaizencoders Short URL, published on 29 Jun 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Short URL plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'comment' parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in versions up to, and including, 1.6.4. 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1602?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Kaizencoders Short Url.

How do I fix CVE-2023-1602?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1602 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-2023-1602 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1602 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in kaizencoders Short URL

• CVE-2023-2921 Short URL <= 1.6.8 - Subscriber+ SQLi High 8.8
• CVE-2022-46860 WordPress Short URL Plugin <= 1.6.4 is vulnerable to SQL Injection High 8.5
• CVE-2024-32138 WordPress Short URL plugin <= 1.6.8 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability High 7.1
• CVE-2023-3130 Short URL < 1.6.5 - Admin+ Cross Site Scripting Medium 4.8
• CVE-2023-45058 WordPress Short URL Plugin <= 1.6.8 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Medium 4.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-6cxm-7399-4qrp.