CVE-2023-0374 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The W4 Post List WordPress plugin before 2.4.6 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: 2023-04-17

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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

W4 Post List

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.4.6

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:w4_post_list_project:w4_post_list:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12435	The W4 Post List WordPress plugin before 2.4.6 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 0.00138.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ddb10f2e-73b8-444c-90b2-5c84cdf6de5c

History

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

W4 Post List Project W4 Post List

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-04-17T12:17:38.355Z

Updated: 2025-02-06T16:25:48.981Z

Reserved: 2023-01-18T07:17:27.283Z

Link: CVE-2023-0374

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:10:55.568Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-17T13:15:37.847

Modified: 2025-02-06T17:15:14.833

Link: CVE-2023-0374

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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