CVE-2023-2224 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The SEO by 10Web WordPress plugin before 1.2.7 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 0.00844.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
10web	Seo

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:10web:seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-33736	The SEO by 10Web WordPress plugin before 1.2.7 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
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173725/WordPress-Seo-By-10Web-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a76b6d22-1e00-428a-8a04-12162bd0d992

History

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:15:00 +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: 2023-06-05T13:39:02.151Z

Updated: 2025-02-13T16:43:49.356Z

Reserved: 2023-04-21T10:24:24.143Z

Link: CVE-2023-2224

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:12:20.680Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-05T14:15:09.977

Modified: 2025-01-08T16:15:28.417

Link: CVE-2023-2224

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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