Yellow Yard < 2.8.12 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Priority MEDIUM 58Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Yellow Yard Searchbar WordPress plugin before 2.8.12 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 0.00471 40th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Yellow Yard Searchbar (Unknown): 2.8.12
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Yellow Yard Searchbar | before 2.8.12 | 2.8.12 | Patch available | CNA |
- Yellow Yard Searchbar VendorUnknown Affected before 2.8.12 Fixed in 2.8.12 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:yellowyard:yellow_yard_searchbar:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 2.8.12 | Vulnerable | Yellowyard |
- cpe:2.3:a:yellowyard:yellow_yard_searchbar:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.8.12 Vulnerable ·Yellowyard
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Yellow Yard Searchbar (Unknown) Fixed in 2.8.12
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-1110
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4ffg-h2x6-fmr5
References
More Yellowyard Yellow Yard Searchbar vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-01938 Yellow Yard Searchbar < 2.8.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2023-1110 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-1110 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4ffg-h2x6-fmr5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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