CVE-2023-5618 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the Modern Footnotes WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to 1.4.16. Authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions can inject malicious web scripts via the plugin's shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) requires user interaction for execution, potentially leading to limited data compromise and integrity impact. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0, <= 1.4.16CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:prismtechstudios:modern_footnotes:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
< 1.4.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:prismtechstudios:modern_footnotes:*:*:*:*:*: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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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.