CVE-2023-5738 WordPress Backup & Migration < 1.4.5 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS
Subscribers can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized parameters in the WordPress Backup & Migration plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-5738?
CVE-2023-5738 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WordPress Backup & Migration, published on 27 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The WordPress Backup & Migration WordPress plugin before 1.4.4 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as Subscriber to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5738?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Webtoffee Backup and Migration.
How do I fix CVE-2023-5738?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5738 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-2023-5738 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5738 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WordPress Backup & Migration
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mgqv-g9mm-hg88.