Stored script execution via unescaped greeting text
Published May 8, 2023 · Updated May 5, 2025
Stored XSS in Itzoovim WP Login Box 2.0.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts via admin settings. The Greeting Text setting stores unescaped script markup, which the enabled [wplb] shortcode renders in a visitor's page. Administrator privileges and disabled unfiltered_html, such as on WordPress multisite, are required; viewing the injected page triggers script execution.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Itzoovim WP Login Box 2.0.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts via admin settings. The Greeting Text setting stores unescaped script markup, which the enabled [wplb] shortcode renders in a visitor's page. Administrator privileges and disabled unfiltered_html, such as on WordPress multisite, are required; viewing the injected page triggers script execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-0544
- Published
- May 8, 2023
- Updated
- May 5, 2025
- Vendor
- Itzoovim
- Product
- WP Login Box
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 8, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 5, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=2.0.2
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Greeting Text stored-XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · validated
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