Loan Comparison < 1.5.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via shortcode

Published 3 y ago 2023-02-21 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

5.4

v3.1 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.5%

percentile 45%

Public exploits

none known

The Loan Comparison WordPress plugin before 1.5.3 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

CISA SSVC assessment

Exploitation: Proof of concept public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 19 mo ago 2025-03-12

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.53% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CISA ADP	3.1	5.4	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`
NVD	3.1	5.4	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`
CNA	3.1	5.4	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`

Affected products

Unknown Loan Comparison

References

wpscan.com /vulnerability/7d68b0df-7169-46b2-b8e3-4d0c2aa8d605 · exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2023-0366
NVD: CVE-2023-0366

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