CVE-2023-5057 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the ActivityPub WordPress plugin prior to version 1.0.0. This flaw allows authenticated users with Contributor privileges or higher to inject malicious scripts into mentions due to improper sanitization of user metadata. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:automattic:activitypub:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.