Guest Author Plugin for WordPress cross-site scripting | CVE-2023-49747

NAME
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Guest Author Plugin for WordPress cross-site scripting

Platforms Affected:
WordPress Guest Author Plugin for WordPress 2.3

Risk Level:
5.9

Exploitability:
High

Consequences:
Cross-Site Scripting

DESCRIPTION
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Guest Author Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.

CVSS 3.0 Information
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Privileges Required:
High

User Interaction:
Required

Scope:
Changed

Access Vector:
Network


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