CVE-2023-5237

The Memberlite Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 1.3.9 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.4 Medium

Status

Modified - contact@wpscan.com

Published

2023-10-31

Last modified

2025-04-22

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected products

• Memberlite Shortcodes (Strangerstudios)
• Memberlite Shortcodes (Unknown)

References

• https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-5237-memberlite-shortcodes-stored-xss-via-shortcode
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a46d686c-6234-4aa8-a656-00a65c55d0b0