CVE-2023-0072: WC Vendors Marketplace < 2.4.5 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-02-06 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The WC Vendors Marketplace WordPress plugin before 2.4.5 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Affected products

WCVendors WC Vendors Marketplace: before 2.4.5 — fixed in 2.4.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WCVendors WC Vendors Marketplace 2.4.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bb2b876f-7216-4f31-9d1f-a45405c545ce
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bb2b876f-7216-4f31-9d1f-a45405c545ce

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