CVE-2023-0230 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The VK All in One Expansion Unit WordPress plugin before 9.86.0.0 does not validate and escape some of its block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block 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 0.00196.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Vektor-inc	Vk All In One Expansion Unit

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:vektor-inc:vk_all_in_one_expansion_unit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12314	The VK All in One Expansion Unit WordPress plugin before 9.86.0.0 does not validate and escape some of its block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block 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/a4ad73b2-6a70-48ff-bf4c-28f81b193748

History

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:15:00 +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: 2023-02-27T15:24:26.720Z

Updated: 2025-03-10T18:07:43.646Z

Reserved: 2023-01-12T09:21:38.298Z

Link: CVE-2023-0230

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:02:44.113Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-27T16:15:11.730

Modified: 2025-03-10T18:15:25.660

Link: CVE-2023-0230

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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