The PDF Viewer WordPress plugin before 1.0.0 does not validate and escape one of its shortcode attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack.

CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4· Network · Low privileges · User interaction · EPSS 0.00471 · Published 2023-01-30 · Fixed in 1.0.0

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