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TI-2023-00162 Aliases CVE-2023-0168GHSA-prc8-xw56-qx9j

Olevmedia Shortcodes <= 1.1.9 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Priority MEDIUM 58Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

The Olevmedia Shortcodes WordPress plugin through 1.1.9 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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0049 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownOlevmedia Shortcodesup to 1.1.9—No fix listedCNA
  • Olevmedia Shortcodes VendorUnknown Affected up to 1.1.9 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:olevmedia:olevmedia_shortcodes:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*up to 1.1.9VulnerableOlevmedia
  • cpe:2.3:a:olevmedia:olevmedia_shortcodes:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 1.1.9 Vulnerable ·Olevmedia

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-0168
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-prc8-xw56-qx9j

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2015-07798 The olevmedia-shortcodes plugin before 1.1.9 for WordPress has CSRF with resultant XSS… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2023-11069 WordPress Olevmedia Shortcodes Plugin <= 1.1.9 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5

Sources

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