Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data Affecting johnpbloch/wordpress-core package, versions >=5.9.0, <5.9.6>=6.0.0, <6.0.4>=6.1.0, <6.1.2>=6.2.0, <6.2.1
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- published21 Jan 2025
- disclosed19 May 2023
- creditLiam Gladdy
Introduced: 19 May 2023
CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-349 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade johnpbloch/wordpress-core to version 5.9.6, 6.0.4, 6.1.2, 6.2.1 or higher.
Overview
johnpbloch/wordpress-core is a web software you can use to create a website or blog.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data through the processing of shortcodes in user-generated content. An attacker can manipulate content and execute unauthorized actions by submitting crafted comments or other forms of content.
Note:
This is only exploitable if the site uses block themes.