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. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (36.0th 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.