CVE-2023-4636
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
05/09/2023
Last modified:
08/04/2026
Description
The WordPress File Sharing Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in versions up to, and including, 2.0.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
4.40
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:userprivatefiles:wordpress_file_sharing_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | 2.0.3 (including) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://github.com/xsn1210/vul2/blob/main/xss%5BWordPressFile%5D%20.md
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2961909/user-private-files
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1df04293-87e9-4ab4-975d-54d36a993ab0?source=cve
- https://github.com/xsn1210/vul2/blob/main/xss%5BWordPressFile%5D%20.md
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2961909/user-private-files
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1df04293-87e9-4ab4-975d-54d36a993ab0?source=cve



