What is CVE-2023-1978?

CVE-2023-1978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Plainware Shiftcontroller, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-06-09.

How severe is CVE-2023-1978?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-1978 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Plainware Shiftcontroller

CVE-2023-1978

The ShiftController Employee Shift Scheduling plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the query string in versions up to, and including, 4.9.25 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. Th…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (34.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Plainware Shiftcontroller
Plainware Shiftcontroller Employee Shift Scheduling — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1978?: CVE-2023-1978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Plainware Shiftcontroller, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-06-09.
How severe is CVE-2023-1978?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-1978 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.