CVE-2023-0176: Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress < 1.11.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-02-06 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress WordPress plugin before 1.11.3 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

RafflePress Giveaways And Contests By Rafflepress: before 1.11.3 — fixed in 1.11.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: RafflePress Giveaways And Contests By Rafflepress 1.11.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a762c25b-5c47-400e-8964-407cf4c94e9f
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a762c25b-5c47-400e-8964-407cf4c94e9f

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