CVE-2023-0428 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Watu Quiz WordPress plugin before 3.3.8.2 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00318.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Kibokolabs	Watu Quiz

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kibokolabs:watu_quiz:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12485	The Watu Quiz WordPress plugin before 3.3.8.2 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c933460b-f77d-4986-9f5a-32d9f3f8b412

History

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}`	ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}` cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-02-21T08:50:56.586Z

Updated: 2025-03-12T20:26:43.909Z

Reserved: 2023-01-20T13:23:29.128Z

Link: CVE-2023-0428

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:10:56.063Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-21T09:15:12.820

Modified: 2025-03-12T21:15:40.637

Link: CVE-2023-0428

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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