{"cve":"CVE-2023-5705","nvd":{"published":"2023-10-27T12:15:08.847","modified":"2026-06-17T06:49:11.400","status":"Modified","description":"The VK Filter Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'vk_filter_search' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.","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://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vk-filter-search/tags/2.3.1/inc/filter-search/package/class-vk-filter-search-shortcode.php#L40","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2983339/vk-filter-search#file1","https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/012946d4-82ce-48b9-9b9a-1fc49846dca6?source=cve","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vk-filter-search/tags/2.3.1/inc/filter-search/package/class-vk-filter-search-shortcode.php#L40","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2983339/vk-filter-search#file1"],"products":["vektor-inc:vk_filter_search"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:40:11.519948003+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-5705","score":0.00508,"percentile":0.43403,"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."]}