CVE-2023-0541

MediumCVSS 5.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The GS Books Showcase WordPress plugin before 1.3.1 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

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CVSS 3.1 5.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Feb 21, 2023
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2023-0541: Medium severity, CVSS 5.4 | Vulnix