CVE-2023-0422 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Article Directory WordPress plugin through 1.3 does not properly sanitize the `publish_terms_text` setting before displaying it in the administration panel, which may enable administrators to conduct Stored XSS attacks in multisite contexts.

Published: 2023-04-10

Score: 4.8 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

Article Directory

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 1.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:article_directory_project:article_directory:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12479	The Article Directory WordPress plugin through 1.3 does not properly sanitize the `publish_terms_text` setting before displaying it in the administration panel, which may enable administrators to conduct Stored XSS attacks in multisite contexts.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

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 0.00113.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d57f2fb2-5251-4069-8c9a-a4af269c5e62

History

Mon, 05 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Article Directory Project Article Directory

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-04-10T13:18:01.633Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T16:08:57.576Z

Reserved: 2023-01-20T08:51:21.017Z

Link: CVE-2023-0422

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:10:55.919Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-10T14:15:08.290

Modified: 2025-05-05T16:15:25.913

Link: CVE-2023-0422

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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