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CVE-2023-0395: menu shortcode <= 1.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-03-27 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The menu shortcode WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not validate and escape some of its block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Affected products

• menu shortcode: through 1.0

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3f2565cd-7050-4ebd-9a50-cd9b9f7c3341
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3f2565cd-7050-4ebd-9a50-cd9b9f7c3341

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