CVE-2023-0544 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The WP Login Box WordPress plugin through 2.0.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Published: 2023-05-08

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

WP Login Box

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 2.0.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wp_login_box_project:wp_login_box:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12589	The WP Login Box WordPress plugin through 2.0.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

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/8ef9585f-67d7-4651-977a-fcad113882bd

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

Wp Login Box Project Wp Login Box

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-05-08T13:58:06.121Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T16:08:29.845Z

Reserved: 2023-01-27T12:24:47.741Z

Link: CVE-2023-0544

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:17:49.363Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-08T14:15:11.887

Modified: 2025-05-05T16:15:26.490

Link: CVE-2023-0544

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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