cve/2023/CVE-2023-4646.md

### [CVE-2023-4646](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-4646)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Simple%20Posts%20Ticker&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=0%3C%201.1.6%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-79%20Cross-Site%20Scripting%20(XSS)&color=brighgreen)

### Description

The Simple Posts Ticker WordPress plugin before 1.1.6 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/c34f8dcc-3be6-44ad-91a4-7c3a0ce2f9d7

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