CVE-2023-3501 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The FormCraft 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 0.00239.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Formcrafts	Formcraft

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:formcrafts:formcraft:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-44160	The FormCraft 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
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d3fb4a2b-ed51-4654-b7c1-4b0f59cd1ecf

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +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: 2023-08-30T14:22:00.740Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:19:12.728Z

Reserved: 2023-07-04T10:24:36.537Z

Link: CVE-2023-3501

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:55:03.355Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-30T15:15:09.340

Modified: 2025-04-23T17:16:37.513

Link: CVE-2023-3501

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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