CVE-2023-5291 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Blog Filter plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 1.5.3. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.4) allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher to inject malicious web scripts through the 'AWL-BlogFilter' shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization. When a user accesses an affected page, these scripts will execute, potentially leading to information disclosure or session hijacking. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:awplife:blog_filter:*:*:*:*:*: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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