What is CVE-2023-5164?

CVE-2023-5164 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sevenspark Bellows Accordion Menu, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2023-10-30.

How severe is CVE-2023-5164?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-5164 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Sevenspark Bellows Accordion Menu

CVE-2023-5164

The Bellows Accordion Menu plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 1.4.2 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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (36.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Sevenspark Bellows Accordion Menu — versions 0
Sevenspark Bellows_accordion_menu

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5164?: CVE-2023-5164 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sevenspark Bellows Accordion Menu, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2023-10-30.
How severe is CVE-2023-5164?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-5164 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.