CVE-2023-0899 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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 0.00102.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wp Live Chat Shoutbox Project	Wp Live Chat Shoutbox

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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'}`

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

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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