🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2023-5295

MEDIUM 6.4

Comments by Startbit <= 1.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Comments by Startbit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'vivafbcomment' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.4 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 vivacityinfotechjaipur
Product comments by startbit
Published Sep 30, 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

vivacityinfotechjaipur / Comments by Startbit
0 ≤ 1.4

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/602b3b9c-76a7-4b0b-8aad-e554c2fd6910?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/facebook-comment-by-vivacity/tags/1.4/user-file.php#L172

Credits

István Márton