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Medium · 6.1 Public exploit CVE-2023-4294 EUVD-2023-54165GHSA-57cx-38gf-xwrm

URL Shortify < 1.7.6 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via referer header

Published Sep 11, 2023 · Updated May 2, 2025 · Assigned by WPScan

Description

The URL Shortify WordPress plugin before 1.7.6 does not properly escape the value of the referer header, thus allowing an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious javascript that will trigger in the plugins admin panel with statistics of the created short link.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— URL Shortify < 1.7.6 1.7.6

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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GitHub 1 repository

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