CVE-2023-5120 Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid <= 0.9.89 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Authenticated administrators can inject arbitrary web scripts via image file paths, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.
- 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-2023-5120?
CVE-2023-5120 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wpvividplugins WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging, published on 20 Oct 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the image file path parameter in versions up to, and including, 0.9.89 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrative privileges 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-2023-5120?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpvivid Migration\, Backup\, Staging.
How do I fix CVE-2023-5120?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5120 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-2023-5120 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5120 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2024-1981 SQL injection in Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid
- CVE-2024-10962 Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid <= 0.9.107 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
- CVE-2020-36842 Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid <= 0.9.35 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload
- CVE-2023-41243 WordPress WPvivid Backup Plugin plugin <= 0.9.90 - Privilege Escalation on Staging Environment vulnerability
- CVE-2023-4274 Path traversal in Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v3fx-p4xm-rv4x.