CVE-2023-5817
published 2023-10-27CVE-2023-5817: The Neon text plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's neontext_box shortcode in all versions up to, and including…
PriorityP427medium5.4CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRLUIRSCCLILAN
EXPLOIT
EPSS
0.52%
40.4th percentile
The Neon text plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's neontext_box shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes (color). 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.
Affected
2 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| eralion | neon_text | <= 1.1 | — |
| freeben | neon_text | <= 1.1 | — |
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VulDB
Neon Text Plugin up to 1.1 on WordPress cross site scripting
vuldb·2026-04-11·CVSS 6.4
CVE-2023-5817 [MEDIUM] Neon Text Plugin up to 1.1 on WordPress cross site scripting
A vulnerability was found in Neon Text Plugin up to 1.1 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation results in cross site scripting.
This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2023-5817. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.
GHSA
GHSA-px5m-m5m3-3f8x: The Neon text plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's neontext_box shortcode in all versions up to, and inc
ghsa_unreviewed·2023-10-27
CVE-2023-5817 [MEDIUM] CWE-79 GHSA-px5m-m5m3-3f8x: The Neon text plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's neontext_box shortcode in all versions up to, and inc
The Neon text plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's neontext_box shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes (color). 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.
No detection rules found.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
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2023-10-27
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