CVE-2023-0891 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The StagTools WordPress plugin before 2.3.7 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Published: 2023-05-02

Score: 5.4 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

StagTools

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.3.7

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:codestag:stagtools:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12880	The StagTools WordPress plugin before 2.3.7 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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 0.00117.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/72397fee-9768-462b-933c-400181a5487c

History

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Codestag Stagtools

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-05-02T07:04:56.110Z

Updated: 2025-01-30T14:38:32.804Z

Reserved: 2023-02-17T14:30:00.739Z

Link: CVE-2023-0891

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:24:34.704Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-02T08:15:09.513

Modified: 2025-01-30T15:15:11.563

Link: CVE-2023-0891

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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