Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Jun 9, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2023-1404
CVE-2023-1404
Description
The Weaver Show Posts Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping of the profile display name in versions up to, and including, 1.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:weavertheme:weaver_show_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <=1.6
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/show-posts/tags/1.6/includes/atw-showposts-sc.phpnvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c8647c44-4879-4895-bd07-19f7d62a7326nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/04/hiding-in-plain-sight-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities-patched-in-weaver-products/nvd
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