CVE-2023-3372
Lana Shortcodes < 1.2.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
The Lana Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 1.2.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which allows users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Lana Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 1.2.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which allows users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
CVE-2023-3372- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
Lana Shortcodes < 1.2.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
The Lana Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 1.2.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which allows users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
CVE-2023-3372- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-44039
The Lana Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 1.2.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which allows users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
EUVD-2023-44039- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-497h-jp43-7hhx
The Lana Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 1.2.0 does not validate and escape some of its...
The Lana Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 1.2.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which allows users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
GHSA-497h-jp43-7hhx- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-3372 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Lana Shortcodes, published January 16, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.48%, the 42nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.