CVE-2023-39161 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in WP Discussion Board Discussion Board allows Content Spoofing, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects Discussion Board: from n/a through 2.4.8.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00257.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-42896	Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in WP Discussion Board Discussion Board allows Content Spoofing, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects Discussion Board: from n/a through 2.4.8.

Fixes

Solution

Update to 2.4.9 or a higher version.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-discussion-board/wordpress-discussion-board-plugin-2-4-8-content-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0019}`	epss `{'score': 0.00252}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2024-06-04T07:14:51.890Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:02:06.433Z

Reserved: 2023-07-25T13:50:42.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-39161

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:02:06.433Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-06-04T08:15:09.093

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:14:49.660

Link: CVE-2023-39161

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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