Shared Files <= 1.7.5 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2023-4819
CVSS High (7.2)
Publicly Published September 21, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Zeyad Alshahrani
Description

The Shared Files – Advanced File Sharing & Download Manager with Frontend Uploads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via uploaded file content in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.5 due to the plugin not returning the correct 'Content-Type' header when viewing uploaded files. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in uploaded files that will execute whenever a user accesses the injected upload.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug shared-files (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.7.5
Patched Version
  • 1.7.6
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