cve/2023/CVE-2023-0165.md

### [CVE-2023-0165](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-0165)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Cost%20Calculator&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=n%2Fa&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-79%20Cross-Site%20Scripting%20(XSS)&color=brighgreen)

### Description

The Cost Calculator WordPress plugin through 1.8 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f00b82f7-d8ad-4f6b-b791-81cc16b6336b

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.