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User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End

Wordfence Intelligence > Vulnerability Database > WordPress Plugins > User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End

Information

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	user-submitted-posts (view on wordpress.org)
Software Status	Active
Software Author	specialk
Software Website	perishablepress.com
Software Downloads	1,028,375
Software Active Installs	20,000
Software Record Last Updated	November 22, 2024

7 Vulnerabilities

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User Submitted Posts <= 20230902 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload

9.8

CVE-2023-45603

Oct 10, 2023

Researcher: Rafie Muhammad

User Submitted Posts <= 20190312 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload

9.8

CVE-2019-25138

May 2, 2019

Researcher: Jerome Bruandet

User Submitted Posts <= 20230809 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'user-submitted-content'

7.2

CVE-2023-4308

Aug 14, 2023

Researcher: Ngô Thiên An (ancorn_)

User Submitted Posts < 20160215 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

7.2

CVE-2016-11001

Feb 10, 2016

Researchers:

User Submitted Posts <= 20230901 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

6.4

CVE-2023-7251

Sep 6, 2023

Researcher: Ngô Thiên An (ancorn_)

User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End <= 20230811 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

6.4

CVE-2023-4779

Sep 5, 2023

Researcher: Ngô Thiên An (ancorn_)

User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End <= 20240319 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

4.4

CVE-2024-5002

Jun 22, 2024

Researcher: Guido Iván García

Title	Status	CVE ID	CVSS	Researchers	Date
User Submitted Posts <= 20230902 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload	Patched	CVE-2023-45603	9.8	Rafie Muhammad	October 10, 2023
User Submitted Posts <= 20190312 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload	Patched	CVE-2019-25138	9.8	Jerome Bruandet	May 2, 2019
User Submitted Posts <= 20230809 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'user-submitted-content'	Patched	CVE-2023-4308	7.2	Ngô Thiên An (ancorn_)	August 14, 2023
User Submitted Posts < 20160215 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting	Patched	CVE-2016-11001	7.2		February 10, 2016
User Submitted Posts <= 20230901 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode	Patched	CVE-2023-7251	6.4	Ngô Thiên An (ancorn_)	September 6, 2023
User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End <= 20230811 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode	Patched	CVE-2023-4779	6.4	Ngô Thiên An (ancorn_)	September 5, 2023
User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End <= 20240319 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting	Patched	CVE-2024-5002	4.4	Guido Iván García	June 22, 2024

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