Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Nov 7, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2023-5658
CVE-2023-5658
Description
The WP MapIt plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'wp_mapit' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mapit/tags/2.7.1/wp_mapit/classes/class.wp_mapit_map.phpnvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7ef6f598-e1a7-4036-9485-1aad0416349anvdThird Party Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mapit/trunk/wp_mapit/classes/class-wp-mapit-multipin-map.phpnvd
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