What is CVE-2023-5200?

CVE-2023-5200 is a vulnerability in the flowpaper plugin for WordPress that allows for Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'flipbook' shortcode.

What version of the flowpaper plugin is affected by CVE-2023-5200?

Versions up to and including 2.0.3 of the flowpaper plugin for WordPress are affected by CVE-2023-5200.

How does CVE-2023-5200 exploit the flowpaper plugin vulnerability?

CVE-2023-5200 exploits the vulnerability by taking advantage of insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes in the 'flipbook' shortcode.

What is the severity of CVE-2023-5200?

CVE-2023-5200 has a severity value of 6.4, which is considered medium.

How can I fix the CVE-2023-5200 vulnerability in the flowpaper plugin?

To fix the CVE-2023-5200 vulnerability, you should update the flowpaper plugin to a version higher than 2.0.3, where the issue has been addressed.

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CVE-2023-5200

medium

6.4

CWE

20/10/2023

5/2/2025

CVE-2023-5200: XSS

First published: Fri Oct 20 2023(Updated: )

The flowpaper plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'flipbook' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.0.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Credit: security@wordfence.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
PaperCut MF	<=2.0.3

Remedy

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flowpaper-lite-pdf-flipbook/trunk/flowpaper.php?rev=2959754#L395

Remedy

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2966821/flowpaper-lite-pdf-flipbook

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What is CVE-2023-5200?
CVE-2023-5200 is a vulnerability in the flowpaper plugin for WordPress that allows for Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'flipbook' shortcode.
What version of the flowpaper plugin is affected by CVE-2023-5200?
Versions up to and including 2.0.3 of the flowpaper plugin for WordPress are affected by CVE-2023-5200.
How does CVE-2023-5200 exploit the flowpaper plugin vulnerability?
CVE-2023-5200 exploits the vulnerability by taking advantage of insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes in the 'flipbook' shortcode.
What is the severity of CVE-2023-5200?
CVE-2023-5200 has a severity value of 6.4, which is considered medium.
How can I fix the CVE-2023-5200 vulnerability in the flowpaper plugin?
To fix the CVE-2023-5200 vulnerability, you should update the flowpaper plugin to a version higher than 2.0.3, where the issue has been addressed.

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