CVE-2023-2711 Ultimate Product Catalog < 5.2.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Medium 4.8 Published Updated

High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Ultimate Product Catalog plugin, affecting multisite environments.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-2711?

CVE-2023-2711 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Ultimate Product Catalog, published on 27 Jun 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Ultimate Product Catalog WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2711?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Etoilewebdesign Ultimate Product Catalog.

How do I fix CVE-2023-2711?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2711 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-2023-2711 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-2711 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8crr-r6cj-54v5.

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