CVE-2023-0844 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Namaste! LMS WordPress plugin before 2.6 does not sanitize 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: 2023-03-13

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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

Namaste! LMS

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.6

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kibokolabs:namaste\!_lms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12844	The Namaste! LMS WordPress plugin before 2.6 does not sanitize 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 0.00326.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8d8e5852-3787-47f9-9931-8308bb81beb1

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

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

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 16:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79

Subscriptions

Kibokolabs Namaste\! Lms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-03-13T16:03:35.583Z

Updated: 2025-02-27T15:48:29.391Z

Reserved: 2023-02-15T15:18:33.795Z

Link: CVE-2023-0844

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:24:34.302Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-13T17:15:12.850

Modified: 2025-02-27T16:15:35.820

Link: CVE-2023-0844

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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