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WordPress Plugin: responsive-tabs: CVE-2023-45635: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

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Severity

CVSS

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

Published

Oct 11, 2023

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

Apr 30, 2026

Description

The Responsive Tabs plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Content Injection in versions prior to 4.0.6. This vulnerability makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject new content onto the website, possibly through the manipulation of posts to create new web pages, spam, or phishing.

Solution

responsive-tabs-plugin-cve-2023-45635

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45635
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d9af12ac-68ef-4c65-aecb-82ce7b927340?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-49927
CVE-2023-45635
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-45635
CWE-80
EUVD-EUVD-2023-49927

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