CVE-2023-0378 — The Greenshift WordPress plugin before 5

The Greenshift WordPress plugin before 5.0 does not validate and escape some of its block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

01What is this vulnerability?

The Greenshift WordPress plugin before 5.0 does not validate and escape some of its block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Greenshift	0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-02-21T08:50:43.727Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-12T20:30:26.024Z

09References

• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3313cc05-2267-4d93-a8a8-2c0701c21f66