CVE-2023-3372 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Lana Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 1.2.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which allows users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Lana	Lana Shortcodes

Configuration 1 [-]

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3396b734-9a10-4070-802d-f9d01cc6eb74/

History

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-16T15:55:36.145Z

Updated: 2025-06-20T17:01:54.093Z

Reserved: 2023-06-22T19:47:05.619Z

Link: CVE-2023-3372

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:55:03.154Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-16T16:15:11.350

Modified: 2025-06-20T17:15:31.110

Link: CVE-2023-3372

Redhat

No data.

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