CVE-2023-5565 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Shortcode Menu plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 3.2. Authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher can inject malicious web scripts through the 'shortmenu' shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts (C:L/I:L). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:shortcode_menu_project:shortcod_menu:*:*:*:*:*: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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