CVE-2023-1661 Cross-site scripting in Display post meta, term meta, comment meta, and user meta
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via post metadata, leading to script execution on victim pages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-1661?
CVE-2023-1661 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in trasweb Display post meta, term meta, comment meta, and user meta, published on 31 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Display post meta, term meta, comment meta, and user meta plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via post metadata in versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1661?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Display Post Meta\, Term Meta\, Comment Meta\, and User Meta Project Display Post Meta\, Term Meta\, Comment Meta\, and User Meta.
How do I fix CVE-2023-1661?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1661 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-2023-1661 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1661 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mr24-gp87-mmh3.