CVE-2023-1025 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Simple File List WordPress plugin before 6.0.10 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 0.00098.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Simplefilelist	Simple File List

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:simplefilelist:simple_file_list:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-23317	The Simple File List WordPress plugin before 6.0.10 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/13621b13-8d31-4214-a665-cb15981f3ec1

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'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-03-27T15:37:42.298Z

Updated: 2025-02-26T21:05:54.904Z

Reserved: 2023-02-24T19:04:10.457Z

Link: CVE-2023-1025

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:32:46.453Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-27T16:15:09.433

Modified: 2025-02-26T21:15:12.303

Link: CVE-2023-1025

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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