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Administrators can give button creation privileges to users with lower levels (contributor+) which would allow those lower-privileged users to carry out attacks.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":4.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00316,"percentile":0.2474,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2024-01-09T02:34:50Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:51:03Z","products":[{"vendor":"maxfoundry","product":"maxbuttons"},{"vendor":"maxfoundry","product":"maxbuttons – create buttons"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cfe2cabd-98f6-4ebc-8a02-e6951202aa88?source=cve","tags":["x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=\u0026reponame=\u0026new=3012872%40maxbuttons%2Ftrunk\u0026old=2978023%40maxbuttons%2Ftrunk\u0026sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=","tags":["x_transferred","Patch"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6594"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-792w-295c-v45g"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-6594","title":"WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons \u003c= 9.7.4 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting","description":"The WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 9.7.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled. 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This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled. Administrators can give button creation privileges to users with lower levels (contributor+) which would allow those lower-privileged users to carry out attacks.","status":"published","published":"2024-01-09T02:34:50Z","modified":"2026-04-08T17:24:44Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:24:39.649332Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-792w-295c-v45g","title":"The WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site...","description":"The WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 9.7.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled. Administrators can give button creation privileges to users with lower levels (contributor+) which would allow those lower-privileged users to carry out attacks.","status":"published","published":"2024-01-09T03:30:23Z","modified":"2024-01-12T00:30:17Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:55:23.490471Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-6594","description":"The WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 9.7.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled. Administrators can give button creation privileges to users with lower levels (contributor+) which would allow those lower-privileged users to carry out attacks.","status":"published","published":"2024-01-09T03:15:08.39Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:51:03.273Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":4.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:09:00.788714Z"}]}}