CVE-2023-0252 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Contextual Related Posts WordPress plugin before 3.3.1 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

Published: 2023-02-06

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Contextual Related Posts

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 3.3.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:webberzone:contextual_related_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12333	The Contextual Related Posts WordPress plugin before 3.3.1 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 0.00198.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5754a4fd-1adf-47aa-976f-3b28750058c2

History

Tue, 25 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'}`

Subscriptions

Webberzone Contextual Related Posts

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-02-06T19:59:49.263Z

Updated: 2025-03-25T17:38:13.714Z

Reserved: 2023-01-12T17:17:33.196Z

Link: CVE-2023-0252

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:02:44.083Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-06T20:15:14.180

Modified: 2025-03-25T18:15:31.240

Link: CVE-2023-0252

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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