CVE-2023-6503 (GCVE-0-2023-6503)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-29 14:44 – Updated: 2026-01-09 21:04
VLAI?
Title
WP Plugin Lister <= 2.1.0 - Settings Update to Stored XSS via CSRF
Summary
The WP Plugin Lister WordPress plugin through 2.1.0 does not have CSRF check in some places, and is missing sanitisation as well as escaping, which could allow attackers to make logged in admin add Stored XSS payloads via a CSRF attack.
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown WP Plugin Lister Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.1.0 (semver)
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Credits
Daniel Ruf WPScan
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