CVE-2023-1978 describes a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the ShiftController Employee Shift Scheduling WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to and including 4.9.25. This flaw stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring user interaction, with potential impacts on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.9.25CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:plainware:shiftcontroller:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.