CVE-2023-0071 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP Tabs WordPress plugin before 2.1.17 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0019.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Shapedplugin	Wp Tabs

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12172	The WP Tabs WordPress plugin before 2.1.17 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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3834a162-2cdc-41e9-9c9d-2b576eed4db9

History

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-30T20:31:33.172Z

Updated: 2025-03-27T20:06:57.897Z

Reserved: 2023-01-05T04:19:40.847Z

Link: CVE-2023-0071

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:54:32.615Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-30T21:15:13.127

Modified: 2025-03-27T20:15:19.327

Link: CVE-2023-0071

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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