{"cve":"CVE-2023-5237","nvd":{"published":"2023-10-31T14:15:12.453","modified":"2026-06-17T06:48:09.100","status":"Modified","description":"The Memberlite Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 1.3.9 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","score":5.4},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"references":["https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-5237-memberlite-shortcodes-stored-xss-via-shortcode","https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a46d686c-6234-4aa8-a656-00a65c55d0b0","https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-5237-memberlite-shortcodes-stored-xss-via-shortcode","https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a46d686c-6234-4aa8-a656-00a65c55d0b0"],"products":["strangerstudios:memberlite_shortcodes"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:40:11.519948003+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-5237","score":0.00449,"percentile":0.39043,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}