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CVE-2023-6081: Chart.js for WordPress <= 2023.2 - Editor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting in New Chart

• 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: 2024-02-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The chartjs WordPress plugin through 2023.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Affected products

• chartjs: through 2023.2

References

• https://lynk.nl/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5f011911-5fd1-46d9-b468-3062b4ec6f1e/
• https://lynk.nl/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5f011911-5fd1-46d9-b468-3062b4ec6f1e/

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