Unauthenticated script execution via reflected input
Published Sep 29, 2023 · Updated Apr 28, 2026
Cross-site scripting in Ulf Benjaminsson WP-dTree 4.4.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute scripts via crafted requests. The plugin reflects insufficiently sanitized and escaped request input into generated WordPress pages, allowing script injection when a victim follows a malicious link. No authentication is required, but victim interaction is required; resulting script execution can read or alter data available to the victim's browser context.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site scripting in Ulf Benjaminsson WP-dTree 4.4.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute scripts via crafted requests. The plugin reflects insufficiently sanitized and escaped request input into generated WordPress pages, allowing script injection when a victim follows a malicious link. No authentication is required, but victim interaction is required; resulting script execution can read or alter data available to the victim's browser context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-41662
- Published
- Sep 29, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Vendor
- Ulf Benjaminsson
- Product
- WP-dTree
- Classifications
- CWE-79, CAPEC-591, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Sep 29, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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