CVE-2023-1372 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WH Testimonials plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via several parameters such as wh_homepage, wh_text_short, wh_text_full and in versions up to, and including, 3.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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 None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0087.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Webhostings	Wh Testimonials

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:webhostings:wh_testimonials:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-23628	The WH Testimonials plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via several parameters such as wh_homepage, wh_text_short, wh_text_full and in versions up to, and including, 3.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://danielkelley.me/wh-testimonials-reflected-xss-vulnerability-via-wh-homepage-parameter-in-version-3-0-0-and-below/
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wh-testimonials/trunk/wh-testimonials.php#L177
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b6fe5f1a-787e-4662-915f-c6f04961e194

History

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2023-03-13T12:20:15.984Z

Updated: 2025-01-13T16:58:05.853Z

Reserved: 2023-03-13T12:16:00.737Z

Link: CVE-2023-1372

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:49:10.347Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-13T13:15:11.503

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:39:03.317

Link: CVE-2023-1372

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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