6.4
Medium
CVE-2023-5291 The Blog Filter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'AWL-BlogFilter' shortcode in…
Description
The Blog Filter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'AWL-BlogFilter' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.5.3 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.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Blog Filter – Advanced Post Filtering with Categories Or Tags, Post Portfolio Gallery, Blog Design Template, Post Layout 1.5 | earliest → 1.5.3 | No fix stated |
| Blog Filter Post Filtering 1.5 | earliest → 1.5.3 | No fix stated |