What is CVE-2023-5565?

CVE-2023-5565 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Amitsukapure Shortcode Menu, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2023-10-30.

How severe is CVE-2023-5565?

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

Is CVE-2023-5565 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Amitsukapure Shortcode Menu

CVE-2023-5565

The Shortcode Menu plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'shortmenu' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 3.2 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 (34.7th 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

Amitsukapure Shortcode Menu — versions 0
Shortcode_menu_project Shortcod_menu

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5565?: CVE-2023-5565 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Amitsukapure Shortcode Menu, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2023-10-30.
How severe is CVE-2023-5565?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-5565 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.