CVE-2023-2009 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Plugin does not sanitize and escape the URL field in the Pretty Url WordPress plugin through 1.5.4 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 0.04028.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Pretty Url Project	Pretty Url

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pretty_url_project:pretty_url:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-33539	Plugin does not sanitize and escape the URL field in the Pretty Url WordPress plugin through 1.5.4 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/f7988a18-ba9d-4ead-82c8-30ea8223846f

History

Tue, 14 Jan 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: 2023-05-15T12:15:42.265Z

Updated: 2025-01-14T18:25:26.460Z

Reserved: 2023-04-12T16:15:31.335Z

Link: CVE-2023-2009

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:05:27.096Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-15T13:15:10.817

Modified: 2025-01-14T19:15:28.980

Link: CVE-2023-2009

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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