CVE-2023-23817 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Auth. (contrinbutor+) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebArea | Vera Nedvyzhenko Simple PDF Viewer plugin <= 1.9 versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00077.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Simple Pdf Viewer Project Subscribe	Simple Pdf Viewer Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:simple_pdf_viewer_project:simple_pdf_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-27903	Auth. (contrinbutor+) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebArea \| Vera Nedvyzhenko Simple PDF Viewer plugin <= 1.9 versions.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/simple-pdf-viewer/wordpress-simple-pdf-viewer-plugin-1-9-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-04-23T10:27:21.133Z

Updated: 2025-01-10T18:45:25.499Z

Reserved: 2023-01-18T09:27:51.558Z

Link: CVE-2023-23817

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:42:26.972Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-23T11:15:07.100

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:46:53.440

Link: CVE-2023-23817

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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