CVE-2023-5163 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Weather Atlas Widget plugin for WordPress, versions up to and including 1.2.1. It allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher to inject malicious web scripts through the 'shortcode-weather-atlas' shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and potential for limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:weather-atlas:weather_atlas:*:*:*:*:*: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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