Editorial Calendar: Cross-site scripting
Editorial Calendar 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.
- Component
- Editorial Calendar
- Plugin slug
editorial-calendar- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jun 27, 2023
- Weakness
- Not assigned
This CVE was published Jun 27, 2023 and is one of 5 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Editorial Calendar to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Editorial Calendar WordPress plugin before 3.8.3 does not sanitise and escape its settings, allowing users with roles as low as contributor to inject arbitrary web scripts in the plugin admin panel, enabling a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability targeting higher privileged users.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N