CVE-2023-5744

MEDIUM 6.4

Very Simple Google Maps <= 2.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

CVSS Score

6.4

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

The Very Simple Google Maps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'vsgmap' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.9 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	masterk
Product	very simple google maps
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

masterk / Very Simple Google Maps

0 ≤ 2.9

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fca7837c-ad24-44ce-b073-7df3f8bc4300?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/very-simple-google-maps/trunk/very-simple-google-maps.php?rev=2941389#L22 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2982539/very-simple-google-maps#file1

Credits

István Márton