CVE-2023-4838

2023-09-0901:50:27

Wordfence

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wordpress

download counter

vulnerability

stored xss

input sanitization

6.4 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

14.0%

JSON

The Simple Download Counter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin’s shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 1.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes like ‘before’ and ‘after’. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "specialk",
    "product": "Simple Download Counter",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "1.6",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]