CVE-2023-0442 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Loan Comparison WordPress plugin before 1.5.3 does not validate and escape some of its query parameters before outputting them back in a page/post via an embedded shortcode, which could allow an attacker to inject javascript into into the site via a crafted URL.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 0.00148.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Loan Comparison Project Subscribe	Loan Comparison Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:loan_comparison_project:loan_comparison:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12496	The Loan Comparison WordPress plugin before 1.5.3 does not validate and escape some of its query parameters before outputting them back in a page/post via an embedded shortcode, which could allow an attacker to inject javascript into into the site via a crafted URL.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/34d95d88-4114-4597-b4db-e9f5ef80d322

History

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-02-21T08:51:06.188Z

Updated: 2025-03-12T13:27:36.989Z

Reserved: 2023-01-23T14:18:52.707Z

Link: CVE-2023-0442

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:10:56.330Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-21T09:15:12.963

Modified: 2025-03-12T14:15:13.900

Link: CVE-2023-0442

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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