#wordpress

The BackupBuddy WordPress plugin before 8.8.3 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting them back in various places, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

The WP Dark Mode WordPress plugin before 4.0.0 does not validate and escape one of its shortcode attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack

The WP Responsive Testimonials Slider And Widget WordPress plugin through 1.5 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

The Opening Hours WordPress plugin through 2.3.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

The Login Logout Menu WordPress plugin through 1.3.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

The Page Builder: Live Composer WordPress plugin before 1.5.23 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

The Markup (JSON-LD) structured in schema.org WordPress plugin through 4.8.1 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

The Intuitive Custom Post Order WordPress plugin before 3.1.4 lacks CSRF protection in its update-menu-order ajax action, allowing an attacker to trick any user to change the menu order via a CSRF attack

The Intuitive Custom Post Order WordPress plugin before 3.1.4 does not check for authorization in the update-menu-order ajax action, allowing any logged in user (with roles as low as Subscriber) to update the menu order

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