CVE-2023-4148 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.25 does not sanitise and escape some parameters and generated URLs before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against 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 0.03427.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Metaphorcreations	Ditty

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:metaphorcreations:ditty:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-54028	The Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.25 does not sanitise and escape some parameters and generated URLs before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aa39de78-55b3-4237-84db-6fdf6820c58d

History

Thu, 01 May 2025 16:15:00 +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: 2023-09-25T15:56:54.696Z

Updated: 2025-05-01T15:32:25.859Z

Reserved: 2023-08-04T02:41:35.438Z

Link: CVE-2023-4148

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:17:12.133Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-25T16:15:14.760

Modified: 2025-05-01T16:15:26.140

Link: CVE-2023-4148

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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