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CVE-2023-0071 (GCVE-0-2023-0071)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-30 20:31 – Updated: 2025-03-27 20:06
VLAI
Title
WP Tabs < 2.1.17 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Summary
The WP Tabs WordPress plugin before 2.1.17 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-27 20:06 UTC
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3834a162-2cdc-41… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown WP Tabs Affected: 0 , < 2.1.17 (custom)
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