CVE-2023-0899 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Steveas WP Live Chat Shoutbox WordPress plugin through 1.4.2 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the Shoutbox, leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.

Published: 2023-04-24

Score: 6.1 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

Steveas WP Live Chat Shoutbox

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 1.4.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wp_live_chat_shoutbox_project:wp_live_chat_shoutbox:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12888	The Steveas WP Live Chat Shoutbox WordPress plugin through 1.4.2 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the Shoutbox, leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.

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 0.00137.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e95f925f-118e-4fa1-8e8f-9dc1bc698f12

History

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Wp Live Chat Shoutbox Project Wp Live Chat Shoutbox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-04-24T18:30:50.686Z

Updated: 2025-02-04T18:41:37.250Z

Reserved: 2023-02-17T21:41:10.218Z

Link: CVE-2023-0899

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:24:34.694Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-24T19:15:09.033

Modified: 2025-02-04T19:15:27.287

Link: CVE-2023-0899

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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