CVE-2023-4889 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Shareaholic plugin for WordPress, specifically versions up to and including 9.7.8. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher to inject malicious web scripts into pages due to insufficient input sanitization of the 'shareaholic' shortcode. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), indicating a low-complexity attack requiring user interaction, with potential for limited confidentiality and integrity impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 9.7.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:shareaholic:shareaholic:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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