CVE-2023-5121 Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid <= 0.9.89 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Administrators can inject scripts via backup path settings in WPvivid, affecting multi-site or restricted HTML installations.
- 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-2023-5121?
CVE-2023-5121 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 admin settings (the backup 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 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-2023-5121?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpvivid Migration\, Backup\, Staging.
How do I fix CVE-2023-5121?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5121 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-2023-5121 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5121 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- 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-m95x-53px-rf76.