{"cve":"CVE-2023-5706","nvd":{"published":"2023-11-22T16:15:14.167","modified":"2026-06-17T06:49:11.520","status":"Modified","description":"The VK Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'vk-blocks/ancestor-page-list' block in all versions up to, and including, 1.63.0.1 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-blocks/tags/1.63.0.1/inc/vk-blocks/build/blocks/ancestor-page-list/index.php#L50","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vk-blocks/tags/1.63.0.1/inc/vk-blocks/build/blocks/ancestor-page-list/index.php#L54","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vk-blocks/tags/1.63.0.1/inc/vk-blocks/build/blocks/ancestor-page-list/index.php#L57","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2983202/vk-blocks/trunk/inc/vk-blocks/build/blocks/ancestor-page-list/index.php","https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/05dd7c96-7880-44a8-a06f-037bc627fd8d?source=cve"],"products":["vektor-inc:vk_blocks"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:42:07.670898610+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-5706","score":0.00635,"percentile":0.50471,"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."]}