CVE-2023-0926 — The Custom Permalinks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Sc
The Custom Permalinks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 2.6.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on tag names. This allows authenticated users, with editor-level permissions or greater to in
Published
2024-08-24T02:02:32.778Z
Last modified
2024-08-26T13:22:48.949Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
01What is this vulnerability?
The Custom Permalinks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 2.6.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on tag names. This allows authenticated users, with editor-level permissions or greater to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, even when…
02Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|
| sasiddiqui | Custom Permalinks | * |
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: 2024-08-24T02:02:32.778Z
- Last modified: 2024-08-26T13:22:48.949Z
09References
- www.wordfence.com — https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/97f8549a-292d-4a6d-8ec…
- wordpress.org — https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-permalinks/
- github.com — https://github.com/samiahmedsiddiqui/custom-permalinks/pull/96
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org — https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3138206/custom-permalinks/trunk/adm…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org — https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3138206/custom-permalinks/trunk/adm…
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