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CVE-2023-6745: Custom Field Template <= 2.6.1 - 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: 2024-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Custom Field Template plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'cpt' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied post meta. 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

• hiroaki-miyashita Custom Field Template: before 2.6.2 — fixed in 2.6.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: hiroaki-miyashita Custom Field Template 2.6.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3069937%40custom-field-template&new=3069937%40custom-field-template&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/25d07a99-d425-4e1a-8adf-d12071552882?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3069937%40custom-field-template&new=3069937%40custom-field-template&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/25d07a99-d425-4e1a-8adf-d12071552882?source=cve

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