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CVE-2023-6694: Beaver Themer <= 1.4.9 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-04-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Beaver Themer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode(s) in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied custom fields. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected products

• Beaver Builder Beaver Themer: before 1.4.9.1 — fixed in 1.4.9.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Beaver Builder Beaver Themer 1.4.9.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b8428a92-8b0a-4a9a-8f7e-571c252973c2?source=cve
• https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com/change-logs/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b8428a92-8b0a-4a9a-8f7e-571c252973c2?source=cve
• https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com/change-logs/

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