WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2023-0380 Modified

Easy Digital Downloads: Cross-site scripting

Easy Digital Downloads is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.

CVE / CNA score 5.4 CVSS 3.1 · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
NVD score 5.4 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Easy Digital Downloads
Plugin slug
easy-digital-downloads
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Feb 21, 2023
Weakness
Not assigned

This CVE was published Feb 21, 2023 and is one of 66 known issues for this plugin.

Patch or disable the affected component.

Update Easy Digital Downloads to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

Technical description

The Easy Digital Downloads WordPress plugin before 3.1.0.5 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.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary and upstream sources