CVE-2023-1982 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Front Editor WordPress plugin through 4.0.4 does not sanitize and escape some of its form settings, which could allow high-privilege users 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 0.0017.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Aleksanaharonyan	Front Editor

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:aleksanaharonyan:front_editor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-24162	The Front Editor WordPress plugin through 4.0.4 does not sanitize and escape some of its form settings, which could allow high-privilege users 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/51987966-8007-4e12-bc2e-997b92054739

History

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 20:30:00 +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: 2023-08-30T14:22:03.333Z

Updated: 2024-10-01T19:25:28.522Z

Reserved: 2023-04-11T15:03:50.109Z

Link: CVE-2023-1982

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:05:27.087Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-30T15:15:08.477

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:40:16.613

Link: CVE-2023-1982

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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