Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Jan 11, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-6994
CVE-2023-6994
Description
The List category posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'catlist' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.89.3 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:fernandobriano:list_category_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <=0.89.3
- Range: <=0.89.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/611871cc-737f-44e3-baf5-dbaa8bd8eb81nvdThird Party Advisory
- plugins.svn.wordpress.org/list-category-posts/trunk/include/lcp-wrapper.phpnvdProduct
- plugins.svn.wordpress.org/list-category-posts/trunk/list-category-posts.phpnvdIssue Tracking
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