CVE-2023-25459 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Postsnippets Post Snippets plugin <= 4.0.2 versions.

Published: 2023-08-08

Score: 5.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Postsnippets

Post Snippets

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 4.0.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:postsnippets:post_snippets:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to 4.0.3 or a higher version.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-29414	Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Postsnippets Post Snippets plugin <= 4.0.2 versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

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 0.00079.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/post-snippets/wordpress-post-snippets-custom-wordpress-code-snippets-customizer-plugin-4-0-2-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:30:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Postsnippets Post Snippets

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-08-08T11:03:15.092Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:08.293Z

Reserved: 2023-02-06T12:38:05.560Z

Link: CVE-2023-25459

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:25:18.034Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-08T12:15:11.077

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:49:32.897

Link: CVE-2023-25459

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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