CVE-2023-0545 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Hostel WordPress plugin before 1.1.5.2 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 0.00089.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Kibokolabs	Hostel

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kibokolabs:hostel:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12590	The Hostel WordPress plugin before 1.1.5.2 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).

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b604afc8-61d0-4e98-8950-f3d29f9e9ee1

History

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-06-05T13:38:58.659Z

Updated: 2025-01-08T17:06:22.275Z

Reserved: 2023-01-27T12:24:55.224Z

Link: CVE-2023-0545

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:17:49.404Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-05T14:15:09.727

Modified: 2025-01-08T17:15:10.463

Link: CVE-2023-0545

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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