Stored script execution via unsanitized shortcode attributes
Published Nov 16, 2023 · Updated Apr 28, 2026
Stored XSS in Codeboxr CBX Map for Google Map & OpenStreetMap 1.1.11 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to inject scripts. The shortcode handler fails to sanitize user-supplied attributes and escape them before rendering the stored map content. Contributor-level access is required, and the injected script executes in a visitor's browser when the affected page is opened.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Codeboxr CBX Map for Google Map & OpenStreetMap 1.1.11 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to inject scripts. The shortcode handler fails to sanitize user-supplied attributes and escape them before rendering the stored map content. Contributor-level access is required, and the injected script executes in a visitor's browser when the affected page is opened.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-47240
- Published
- Nov 16, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Vendor
- Codeboxr
- Product
- CBX Map for Google Map & OpenStreetMap
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 16, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=n/a <=1.1.11
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