CVE-2023-4294

URL Shortify < 1.7.6 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via referer header

The URL Shortify WordPress plugin before 1.7.6 does not properly escape the value of the referer header, thus allowing an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious javascript that will trigger in the plugins admin panel with statistics of the created short link.

We have discovered 235 live websites that are affected by CVE-2023-4294.

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Affected Software

Product  Url Shortify
Category Wordpress Plugins
Vulnerable Domains235 live websites (5.12% of Url Shortify install base)
Vulnerable Versions
  • from 0 through 1.7.6
Vulnerable Versions Count32 versions ( 42% of all versions)


Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')



Details

  • Published - Sep 11, 2023
  • Updated - May 2, 2025

Credits

  • Bartlomiej Marek and Tomasz Swiadek (finder)
  • WPScan (coordinator)

Website Distribution by Country

Number of websites using CVE-2023-4294
United States61 websites


Germany34 websites
Spain18 websites
France16 websites
Iran8 websites
Russia8 websites
Italy8 websites
Poland7 websites
Brazil6 websites
Canada6 websites

Website Distribution by TLD

Number of websites using CVE-2023-4294
.com105 websites
.de15 websites
.org14 websites
.net10 websites
.it5 websites
.ru5 websites
.at4 websites
.pl4 websites
.fr3 websites
.eu3 websites

Vulnerable Versions

Vulnerable versions are highlighted in red

Websites affected by CVE-2023-4294

Top websites that are affected by CVE-2023-4294. Please click on the "Contact us" link to get more information.
DomainCountryRankContacts
***************.de Germany**,***
******.com Germany***,***
***.tv United States***,***
**************.pro Poland***,***
***********.com Canada***,***
************.*******.com France*,***,***
*******.de Germany*,***,***
************.pl Poland*,***,***
*********.de Germany*,***,***
*****.md United States*,***,***
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FAQ

CVE-2023-4294 is Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in Url Shortify
A total of 235 websites have been identified as vulnerable to CVE-2023-4294, based on global website indexing conducted by WebTechSurvey.
The Url Shortify is affected by the CVE-2023-4294 vulnerability.
Url Shortify versions up to 1.7.6 are vulnerable to CVE-2023-4294.
CVE-2023-4294 is resolved in version 1.7.6 of Url Shortify.