CVE-2023-2707 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The gAppointments WordPress plugin through 1.9.5.1 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 0.00091.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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

gAppointments

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 1.9.5.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gappointments:gappointments:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Gappointments Subscribe	Gappointments Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-34171	The gAppointments WordPress plugin through 1.9.5.1 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
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e5664da4-5b78-4e42-be6b-e0d7b73a85b0

History

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:gappointments:gappointments:1.9.5.1:::::wordpress::
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-11-27T16:22:05.473Z

Updated: 2025-06-05T13:58:40.324Z

Reserved: 2023-05-15T12:23:58.997Z

Link: CVE-2023-2707

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:33:05.494Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-27T17:15:07.740

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:59:07.690

Link: CVE-2023-2707

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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