Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2023-5705
CVE-2023-5705
Description
The VK Filter Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'vk_filter_search' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.1 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.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:vektor-inc:vk_filter_search:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <=2.3.1
- Range: <= 2.3.1
Patches
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References
3- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2983339/vk-filter-searchnvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/012946d4-82ce-48b9-9b9a-1fc49846dca6nvdThird Party Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vk-filter-search/tags/2.3.1/inc/filter-search/package/class-vk-filter-search-shortcode.phpnvdProduct
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