CVE-2023-0373 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Lightweight Accordion WordPress plugin before 1.5.15 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 0.00411.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Smartwp	Lightweight Accordion

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12434	The Lightweight Accordion WordPress plugin before 1.5.15 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/fe60ea83-b584-465a-8128-b7358d8da3af

History

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:15:00 +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: 2023-02-13T14:32:09.595Z

Updated: 2025-03-21T16:18:34.433Z

Reserved: 2023-01-18T07:14:51.631Z

Link: CVE-2023-0373

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:10:55.620Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-13T15:15:22.133

Modified: 2025-03-21T17:15:37.620

Link: CVE-2023-0373

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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