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WordPress Plugin: protected-posts-logout-button: CVE-2023-25978: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:N)

Published

Feb 20, 2023

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

May 5, 2026

Description

The Protected Posts Logout Button plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in versions up to, and including, 1.4.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for administrator-level attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Solution

protected-posts-logout-button-plugin-cve-2023-25978

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25978
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6be26c07-cac4-42d8-becb-03045a54cd6c?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-29865
CVE-2023-25978
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-25978
CWE-79
EUVD-EUVD-2023-29865

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