CVE-2023-2605 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The wpbrutalai WordPress plugin before 2.0.1 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against a logged in high privilege users such as admin.

Published: 2023-06-27

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

wpbrutalai

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.0.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wp_brutal_ai_project:wp_brutal_ai:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-34079	The wpbrutalai WordPress plugin before 2.0.1 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against a logged in high privilege users such as admin.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 0.00162.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173734/WordPress-WP-Brutal-AI-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/372cb940-71ba-4d19-b35a-ab15f8c2fdeb

History

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Wp Brutal Ai Project Wp Brutal Ai

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-06-27T13:17:26.709Z

Updated: 2025-02-13T16:44:45.276Z

Reserved: 2023-05-09T15:38:11.242Z

Link: CVE-2023-2605

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:26:09.841Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-27T14:15:10.910

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:58:55.100

Link: CVE-2023-2605

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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