CVE-2023-5085

MEDIUM 6.4

Advanced Menu Widget <= 0.4.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

CVSS Score

6.4

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

The Advanced Menu Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'advMenu' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 0.4.1 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.

CWE	CWE-79
Vendor	johnnypea
Product	advanced menu widget
Published	Oct 24, 2023
Last Updated	Apr 8, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

johnnypea / Advanced Menu Widget

0 ≤ 0.4.1

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5da2dac6-940c-419e-853f-6cfd5d53d427?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-menu-widget/trunk/class-advanced-menu-widget.php?rev=1471917#L74

Credits

István Márton