CVE-2023-3650 — The Bubble Menu WordPress plugin before 3

The Bubble Menu WordPress plugin before 3.0.5 does not sanitize and escape some of its settings, which could allow high-privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example, in multisite s

01What is this vulnerability?

The Bubble Menu WordPress plugin before 3.0.5 does not sanitize and escape some of its settings, which could allow high-privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example, in multisite setup).

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Bubble Menu	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: 2023-08-07T14:31:19.068Z
• Last modified: 2024-10-15T18:21:56.049Z

09References

• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0a0ecdff-c961-4947-bf7e-bd2392501e33