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CVE-2023-4514: Mmm Simple File List <= 2.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-11-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Mmm Simple File List WordPress plugin through 2.3 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

• Mmm Simple File List: through 2.3

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/365b15e6-3755-4ed5-badd-c9dd962bd9fa
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/365b15e6-3755-4ed5-badd-c9dd962bd9fa

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