{"id":"CVE-2023-5468","aliases":["EUVD-2023-57782","GHSA-5j4m-cf9v-85pv"],"status":"published","title":"Slick Contact Forms \u003c= 1.3.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode","description":"The Slick Contact Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'dcscf-link' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.3.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00394,"percentile":0.33983,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2023-10-10T04:29:38Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:48:39Z","products":[{"vendor":"leechesnutt","product":"slick_contact_forms"},{"vendor":"remix4","product":"slick contact forms"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/22c63226-2bc6-40be-a5d1-1bd169fc78b8?source=cve","tags":["x_transferred","Product","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/slick-contact-forms/tags/1.3.7/dcwp_slick_contact.php#L71","tags":["x_transferred","Product"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5468"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5j4m-cf9v-85pv"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-5468","title":"Slick Contact Forms \u003c= 1.3.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode","description":"The Slick Contact Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'dcscf-link' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.3.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.","status":"published","published":"2023-10-10T04:29:38.087Z","modified":"2026-04-08T16:41:46.548Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:17.149492Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-57782","description":"The Slick Contact Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'dcscf-link' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.3.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.","status":"published","published":"2023-10-10T04:29:38Z","modified":"2026-04-08T16:41:46Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:25:06.035534Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-5j4m-cf9v-85pv","title":"The Slick Contact Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via ...","description":"The Slick Contact Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'dcscf-link' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.3.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.","status":"published","published":"2023-10-10T06:30:30Z","modified":"2024-04-04T08:27:13Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:56:58.612577Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-5468","description":"The Slick Contact Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'dcscf-link' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.3.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.","status":"published","published":"2023-10-10T05:15:09.55Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:48:39.077Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:08:36.656095Z"}]}}