The Drop Shadow Boxes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'dropshadowbox' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.7.13 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.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| stevehenty | Drop Shadow Boxes | unaffected |
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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 EUVD |
EUVD-2023-57783 | The Drop Shadow Boxes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'dropshadowbox' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.7.13 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. |
Fixes
Solution
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Workaround
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References
History
Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| Title | Drop Shadow Boxes <= 1.7.13 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published:
Updated: 2026-04-08T17:19:40.999Z
Reserved: 2023-10-09T15:58:12.138Z
Link: CVE-2023-5469
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2023-11-22T16:15:13.130
Modified: 2026-04-08T19:18:48.517
Link: CVE-2023-5469
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses